Every Step, all Apps on iMac is Extremely Slow

The problem seems to be across the board, and not with any application. I spend 10 to 30 sec watching the spinning ball on everything: opening a finder window, saving dox in Pages, opening any app, clicking on any pulldown menu in any app, each step saving a photo in PS (20+ sec on Save; same after enter name; again on location; again on file type - in short takes 2 minutes to save a pic in PS).
I’ve a circa 2008 iMac, which I have upgraded over time to 10.9.5. This problem seems to have coincided and become worse with each upgrade. As a result I have been hesitant to upgrade to Yosemite.
Thinking that problem could be capacity limits I checked what’s taking up most space. My Home shows 94 GB on disk. But I think capacity is 250GB. Went to About this Mac >System Report >Hardware >Storage >Macintoch HD and it showed 249.2 GB capacity and another 67.07 GB available.
I keep original photos on external HD. But still have 24GB of edited photos on iMac. Have 20GB of documents; iTunes library is 11.8GB; Desktop is 7,62GB; and Downloads is 1.35GB. Nothing else amount to a GB. I can put all of these on an external hard drive. Should I? Also delete Downloads, since have used or transferred anything there that want.
thanks for any assistance.
Armando

OK, have done it, and copied in result. Is this format OK to study it?
Problem description:
All functions are very slow. Happens on all applications and on every step.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 13, 2014 at 4:48:28 PM MST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac8,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 2400 - VRAM: 128 MB
iMac 1680 x 1050
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 11 days 7:42:53
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HDP725025GLA380 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.20 GB (67.05 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
EPSON EPSON XP-610 Series
Apple Inc. iPad
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Firewire Information: ℹ️
OWC OEM SATA Device 00 400mbit - 400mbit max
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted> : 29 KB
disk2s3 (disk2s3) <not mounted> : 29 KB
disk2s4 (disk2s4) <not mounted> : 29 KB
disk2s5 (disk2s5) <not mounted> : 29 KB
disk2s6 (disk2s6) <not mounted> : 262 KB
disk2s7 (disk2s7) <not mounted> : 262 KB
disk2s8 (disk2s8) <not mounted> : 262 KB
250GB OWC MercuryElite (disk2s10) /Volumes/250GB OWC MercuryElite : 249.92 GB (163 MB free)
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Incompatible Software/Parallels Service.app
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (6.0 12106.692267) Support
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (6.0 12106.692267) Support
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (6.0 12106.692267) Support
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (6.0 12106.692267) Support
[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (6.0 12106.692267) Support
/Previous Systems.localized/2010-01-18_0751/Applications/Toast 6 Lite.app
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.4) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.KonicaMinolta.kext.UsbCnsDiver2892 (1.0.0) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.epson.ecrp.launcher.plist Support
[running] com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist Support
[loaded] com.epson.esua.launcher.plist Support
[running] com.epson.eventmanager.agent.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
GrowlHelperApp Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Gr owlHelperApp.app)
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
Address Book UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
ExpanderDaemon Application (/Applications/StuffIt/StuffIt Expander.app/Contents/MacOS/ExpanderDaemon.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
LaCie Network Assistant Application (/Applications/LaCie Network Assistant.app)
Mail Application (/Applications/Mail.app)
Safari Application (/Applications/Safari.app)
ConnectService Application (/Library/Application Support/ArcSoft/Connect Service/ConnectService.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.4.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 Support
Silverlight: Version: 3.0.50106.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
MacFUSE Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
250GB OWC MercuryElite: Disk size: 249.92 GB Disk used: 249.76 GB
Destinations:
ArmandoMenocal [Network]
Total size: 1.98 TB
Total number of backups: 29
Oldest backup: 2014-09-05 06:38:34 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-13 23:27:01 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 1.98 TB > (Disk size 249.92 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      7% WindowServer
      7% iTunes
      1% Dropbox
      1% mds_stores
      0% EPSON Scanner
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
155 MB iTunes
107 MB Contacts
103 MB Mail
69 MB iPhoto
64 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
25 MB Free RAM
738 MB Active RAM
722 MB Inactive RAM
590 MB Wired RAM
5.33 GB Page-ins
273 MB Page-outs

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