IMac freezes every few seconds. Dock won't appear. Other wierd glitches. Getting worse every day. ***?

iMac freezes every few seconds. Dock won't appear. Other wierd glitches. Getting worse every day. ***?

Hello
Check out the troubleshooting articles below to resolve issues with your Mac freezing on you. You may need to resintall Mac OS X Lion.
OS X Lion: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3915
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417
OS X Lion: Reinstall Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3878
Regards,
-Norm G.

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