Applications Folder not responding in Mavericks/Yosemite

I've got a friend who's applications folder is very slow to respond, if at all. I upgraded her OD to Yosemite and ran the latest version of the Onyx Utility and still no change. I've done a little research and tried several of the terminal commands with no change. Her apps folder isn't horribly large and there aren't any odd applications in her folder. Anyone have any ideas about this?

I've got a friend who's applications folder is very slow to respond, if at all. I upgraded her OD to Yosemite and ran the latest version of the Onyx Utility and still no change. I've done a little research and tried several of the terminal commands with no change. Her apps folder isn't horribly large and there aren't any odd applications in her folder. Anyone have any ideas about this?

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