Long time lurker (2007 or so onwards), first time poster.
I have a Mac Mini, circa 2010, 2.4GHz Intel Core2 Duo processor(s), 2GB RAM, 320 GB storage. OS: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard, cant be upgraded beyond this). Its from my iOS app development days.
Since the power usage by a Mac Mini is low [1], I am keen to run something good on it. It may not be on the network, more of a standalone.
I am not into mining. I dont want to run shared-computing-for-a-cause type of applications.
What can I run on this, other than dynamic photo frames.
Thanks for your time. Cheers. Stay safe.
[1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201897
I've needed to use it to jailbreak & downgrade iPhone 4S to iOS 6.1.3, and more recently, to build an app to use an old iPhone to generate a clean HDMI camera feed.
If your Mac Mini can run 10.4 Tiger, you'll even be able to use some Classic apps (e.g. Age of Empires). There's a couple of sites with some good software collections: