But unfortunately, it's a necessary part of my workflow. Since I moved to Mac from Windows a dozen years ago, I have continually mourned the loss of Thumbs Plus, an image cataloging/manipulation program that IMHO is second to none.
Adobe Bridge is the only thing on a Mac that even remotely comes close to the functionality of Thumbs Plus. I can display images with title, size, date, and a host of other data all displayed under each thumbnail image—something that none of Bridge's Mac competitors seem to be able to do. It also does this without requiring that you create a catalog file like Apple's own Photos or the several third-party applications I've tried over the years. The biggest problem I run into when trying to change to a new application is that while Bridge will do X, Y, and Z, the alternatives do X and Y, but not Z. Or Z and Y, but not X.
It's frustrating as hell.
I've used Bridge long enough now that I can generally beat it back into submission when it misbehaves, but since getting the M1 MBP, it takes forever to generate thumbnails and searching for solutions online has been fruitless.
Bridge has always been a steaming pile of crap, but the last few iterations have been among the worst I've encountered. I can live with it just spontaneously shutting down, or randomly rearranging the workspace, but waiting minutes to generate thumbnails—even in the same folder…one I was just working in a few minutes prior—is just unacceptable.