Elements 13 very, very slow or freezes on my mac

I recently purchased a Mac desktop and Elements 13....installation went great but every time I try to edit my photos, it either freezes or is extremely slow. I saw something in support about loading a zip file...of course I can't find that now. Anyone else having these issues? Thanks.

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Could be the hard drive. Open Disk Utility and check to see that the SMART Status is verified. Verify the disk. Check to see that your hard drive is not too full--it should have 15%-20% free.
Also, download and run SMART Utility:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/smartutility.html
You can download the demo and run it several times for free.
If all this looks OK, then you might try reinstalling the OS by doing an Archive and Install.
Be sure to make a good up to date backup as your first priority. If your hard drive is headed south, you want everything backed up just in case.
Good luck!

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