27' Late 2015 iMac running slow - Help please?

Hi BDAqua

You are a star and thank you for your help!

I uninstalled AVG Free incorrectly by just dragging to the bin and emptying it.

I have gone through and got all the other AVG bits lying around and deleted them... I think.

It does on first impression seem to be running a lot faster without continuing to get the spinning beachball :o)

I restarted my system and rerun Entrecheck which I have attached the report.

Thank you very much for your help!

Regards Leslie

On the Major Issues below should I be doing anything with these:

   Gatekeeper disabled - Gatekeeper security protection is disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.

   Apple security disabled - Apple security software is disabled. This computer is at risk of malware infection.

Likewise on the Minor Issues below should I be doing anything with these:

    These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. 

    Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. They appear to be legitimate but should be reviewed.

    Low performance - EtreCheck report took an unusually long time to run.

    32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps will not work on macOS 10.15 “Catalina”.

    Limited drive access - More information may be available with Full Drive Access.

Dear Allan

Thank you for your help and advice :o) I have attached new Etrecheck Report.

Allan your comments re the hard drive, this is a replacement hard drive that Apple fitted, details below.

I have had this MacIntosh over 2 years from new and I have never been happy with it from day 1.

It was running sluggish from the get go and I felt the hard drive was failing, after many many hours online with many different genius's and hours spent on the phone I was getting nowhere until I eventually stumbled on Entrecheck myself and when I ran the check, the report came back with hard disk failing. I had previously spoke with Apple many times about this, saying I felt the drive was failing but they would not have it, eventually I showed them the Entrecheck report and my mac was just out of warranty, but they honoured it and I took it into Apple Store Liverpool and they replaced the hard drive, I do believe they did this as the serial number was different, but when I got home and tried the mac I did not notice much difference in performance.

Where you commented:

I have concerns about your hard drive. Although it has a 7200rpm platter speed, it is a slow 3GBps model connected to a logic board with a fast 6GBps drive bus.It should be somewhat faster than shown in both reports, especially the "Write" speeds:

This has gone over my head a bit but would the replacement hard drive tally with what you are saying above?

Thank you

.

Hi BDAqua

Thank you.

I guess the drive is slooooow and I cannot access "Security & Privacy preferences pane" because entrecheck says:

Minor Issues

 Encrypting or decrypting - A drive is currently encrypting or decrypting. The computer may run more slowly than normal until the process finishes.

I have attached the full report.

Regards

Leslie