Applications opening slowly

Upgraded last night. After restart opening any application took a long time to open if at all. This morning functioning a little better but still very slow to launch an application. Also noticed that files on the desktop are not displaying as they did before. PDF's are not viewing with the first page of the document as they did in Mavericks. Wondering if I should try to re-install or see if I can restore to Mavericks. Not even sure I can. I have a MacBook7, 2 GB of RAM. Got it in 2010. Not sure if I should add more RAM or not. I can only upgrade to 4GB. But is that my problem or is it something else? Anyone have any idea?
Diane

A few tips you can try:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh17.html
You can also boot from an installer disk, and run diskutility to repair the HD.
This article refers to starup troubles, but can also be used for other issues as well
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
If none of this helps, post back for other ideas.
Jeff

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I have a MacBook Pro with OSX 10.7.5. The computer is a little over three years old, and I've noticed lately that applications are pretty slow to open. Are there are routine maintenance tasks I should be performing to keep my Mac running smoothly?

Hello gargoyle09
Check out the articles below, the issue could be related to how much space you have left on your hard drive or if you have to many apps opened at the same time and using up a lot of memory causing other apps to load up slowly.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3915
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1342
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Report generated December 13, 2014 at 11:48:21 PM PST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
 iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Verified)
 iMac - model: iMac11,1
 1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
 12 GB RAM Upgradeable
 BANK 0/DIMM0
 2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
 BANK 1/DIMM0
 2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
 BANK 0/DIMM1
 4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
 BANK 1/DIMM1
 4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
 Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
 Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
 ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB
 iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
 OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 25 days 2:39:43
Disk Information: ℹ️
 WDC WD1001FALS-40U9B0 disk0 : (1 TB)
 S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
 EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
 1 TB WDC (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (766.77 GB free)
 Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
 OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information: ℹ️
 Logitech USB Keyboard
 Western Digital My Passport 0820 2 TB
 S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
 EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
 MyPassport (disk1s2) /Volumes/MyPassport : 2.00 TB (862.18 GB free)
 Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
 Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
 Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
 Griffin Technology, Inc iMic USB audio system
 Apple Inc. iPod
 Logitech USB Laser Mouse
 Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
 Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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 [loaded] org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.2.0 - SDK 10.9) [Support]
 /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
 [loaded] com.parallels.kext.hidhook (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
 [loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
 [loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
 [loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
 [loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (9.0 24251.1052177) [Support]
 /Library/Extensions
 [loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.9.1 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
 /System/Library/Extensions
 [not loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.0 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
 [failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
 [running] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
 [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
 [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
 Macs Fan Control Application (/Applications/Macs Fan Control.app)
 iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
 Firefox Application (/Applications/Firefox.app)
 Karabiner Application (/Applications/Karabiner.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
 FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
 QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
 AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
 AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
 Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.235
 Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
 Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
 iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
 Flash Player [Support]
 Logitech Control Center [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
 Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
 3% WindowServer
 1% fontd
 1% MacsFanControl
 0% prl_client_app
 0% RStudio
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
 3.14 GB prl_vm_app
 850 MB firefox
 296 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
 271 MB Mail
 232 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
 414 MB Free RAM
 5.25 GB Active RAM
 5.03 GB Inactive RAM
 1.58 GB Wired RAM
 22.68 GB Page-ins
 3.09 GB Page-outs
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