Deleting an account on macbook pro

I am deleting an account and chose to save the files - it's been around 12 hours and the account is still deleting. Anyone know why?

Anyone know why?
Apple will be able to answer that question better than any of us here. Apple does not monitor these forums, and since we don't build the software, none of us here can give you a definitive answer there.

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Hi,
I'm deleting an old user off my macbook pro and setting it up for another user, however it is taking AGES (25minutes so far....) to delete. The System Preferences won't let me quit as it says it's still working and under the account it does say "Deleting account" However I now cannot click or highlight this account.
I'm not convinced it's still working as it's taken so long. Is this a normal length of time to wait?
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09/07/2014 17:29:33.758 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[163]: (com.apple.photostream-agent[1438]) Job appears to have crashed: Abort trap: 6
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09/07/2014 17:29:34.268 ReportCrash[1442]: Removing excessive log: file:///Users/Ella/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PhotoStreamAgent_2014-07-08-2 14859_Ellas-Mac.crash
09/07/2014 17:29:35.105 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100214 created
09/07/2014 17:29:35.213 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
09/07/2014 17:29:35.214 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100213 destroyed
09/07/2014 17:29:35.458 PhotoStreamAgent[1444]: *** NSDistantObject initWithCoder: 1 not given away for conn 0x7fa2955ab310
09/07/2014 17:29:35.458 PhotoStreamAgent[1444]: *** -[NSKeyedPortCoder decodeInvocation]: unable to decode a target for this invocation
09/07/2014 17:29:35.459 PhotoStreamAgent[1444]: (
0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff982a425c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8c7efe75 objc_exception_throw + 43
2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff982a410c +[NSException raise:format:] + 204
3   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ed783b9 -[NSKeyedPortCoder decodeInvocation] + 106
4   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ebe371d -[NSKeyedPortCoder decodeObjectForKey:] + 735
5   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ec3b4da -[NSConnection handleRequest:sequence:] + 103
6   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ebe2d50 -[NSConnection handlePortCoder:] + 652
7   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ebe2688 -[NSConnection dispatchWithComponents:] + 50
8   Foundation                          0x00007fff8ebc6f38 __NSFireMachPort + 257
9   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff981d59c4 __CFMachPortPerform + 388
10 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff981d5829 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE1_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 41
11 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff981d579e __CFRunLoopDoSource1 + 478
12 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff981c67d6 __CFRunLoopRun + 1830
13 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff981c5e75 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 309
14 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff94882a0d RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 226
15 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff94882685 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 173
16 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff948825bc _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 65
17 AppKit                              0x00007fff95db624e _DPSNextEvent + 1434
18 AppKit                              0x00007fff95db589b -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 122
19 AppKit                              0x00007fff95da999c -[NSApplication run] + 553
20 PhotoStreamAgent                    0x000000010b45f473 PhotoStreamAgent + 9331
21 libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff9476f5fd start + 1
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Error: __NSCFError:
Domain : com.apple.mmcs
Code    : 18
Desc    : Unable to calculate signature.
UserInfo: {
    NSDescription = "Unable to calculate signature.";
    NSLocalizedDescription = "Unable to calculate signature.";
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The spinning "wheel of death" does NOT go away! I've loaded too much stuff on my computer (including the entire Adobe CS6 software) and I want to delete everything on my macbook pro and start over? How do I clean everything up without buying MacKeeper?

I use my MacBook Pro (Late 2009) for EVERYTHING and I have loaded so many apps, even doubles of some, I think!   My computer is running really SLOW and I think it is because I don't have enough memory.
I just installed the new Adobe CS6 and that was a BIG mistake. The spinnning wheel of death doesn't stop! I wish I could load that program on my computer so I can use it "on the go", but I can't stand the spinning wheel!
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However, how do I make sure that all of the extra stuff that is attached to the app, ( including all the cache') is deleted too?   I don't want to have to buy MacKeeper!
I am hoping the computer wizards or the apple team can give me an answer on how to clean up everything and start over. I have saved everything on my desktop mac.

Thank you so much for the help! I had heard bad things about MacKeeper and I don't want to screw up my macbook any more than it already is! I will do as you suggest. Do you believe this is the best solution for the problem I described?
Should I load my Adobe Creative Suite 6 (in the cloud version) on an external hard drive?
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