Computer slower than when new

hello, i been noticing my mac acts slower than when new. im getting the little spinning color wheel alot now when i hardly ever saw it before. i ran my disk permissions and it seems ok. is there anything else i can do to make it fresh again? thanx 4 help

yes i ran them then and when it seemed slow. i havent added fonts that i know of, but i did add a canon mpc600 printer and it had software that may have included fonts im guessing. i ran permissions after that installation. inet seems like normal speed, im on ethernet cause my airport is the bugged type that 24"s have. works fine awhile then no longer connects for whatever reason. i gave up on wireless after weeks of problems. i ran onyx and i noticed immediatly my external drive opened without the spinning color wheel so i think its fixed now. thank you for your reply.

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