Hi, I ran the Etrecheck report below. My Mac runs so slow and I only use it for light/medium computer work, such as excel, word, browsing the internet.
iMac 27″, macOS 11.7
Hi there!
Your USB 3-equipped Mac with a 7200-rpm hard disk can have improved system performance by connecting to an external solid-state drive (also known as an SSD) and using it as your startup boot disk. An external SSD as a startup disk can give your Mac additional performance for system responsiveness, apps, startup, and more.
Your current internal disk scored the following:
Write speed: 102 MB/s
Read speed: 112 MB/s
With an external solution, both read and write can be 350-400+ MB/s, significantly improving performance.
To learn more, this article should help: Use an external SSD as your startup disk … - Apple Community.
For the external SSD drive itself, the 1.0TB OWC Envoy Pro Elektron - OWC (with the required 0.6M (24") OWC USB-C Cable With Tethered USB-C to USB-A Adapter - OWC) should be a great option for you.
The LaCie Rugged Mini SSD 1TB - Apple from the Apple Store, with an adapter cable, such as the Belkin 3.1 USB-A to USB-C Cable, is also a good option.
I'd also suggest you uninstall EnigmaSoft and App Cleaner. Mac computers have built-in security and cleaning software that runs in the background, and most third-party utilities can cause issues and interfere with the built-in processes. A safe option that works well on the Mac is Malwarebytes. You can run it without issues.
Hope this helps!
-Jack
iMac Late 2015 runs so slow, takes forever to open any apps or browse the internet
