Here is the report generated from EtreCheck. It doesn't look too good as it suggests harddrive is failing. Fairly brand new, seldom used iMac. As a retired graphic artist it doesn't even have Photoshop loaded on it.
EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.1 (68024)
Report generated: 2023-09-09 11:44:46
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Runtime: 49:51
Performance: Poor
Problem: Beachballing
Description:
Opening and closing programs may take as long as one and half hours… o
r the program icon will just bounce in the app bar. Safari may not ope
n for hours. It used to open if Safe Mode was used but with the 16.6 u
pdate version it is practically unusable.