IMac very slow, no Dock, Desktop Background cycling every 1 to 5 sec

So i have always had the issue of the main display not coming back on from sleep.... I have given up on trying to fix it so i just deal with it. But i really needed my mac and so forced it to shut down because it seemed to be acting strange and i could not see the main screen just my external monitor.
Anyway when it restarted i now have a very slow machine.... creazy slow. Every click is a delay. My background which normally cycles through the standard images every 30 min does so every 1 to 5 seconds. And i have no Dock.
My machine is an intel iMac.. 27" late 2009, 8 gigs of ram 1 tera of HD. 60 gb free. 2.8 ghz i7
Oh and OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
I have tried resetting pram and plists for the main things including the Dock. I repaired permissions and did a disk repair.
I am kind of stuck.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I tried changing the Dock settings but they dont make any difference. I also tried changing the desktop background settings and they dont do anything either and they do not save their settings when i reboot etc...
Thanks
Q

OK thanks it took a long time to do that,.. here are the results.
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)
iMac - model: iMac11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 5:26:8
Disk Information:
ST31000528ASQ disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (56.84 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse     (4.0.3f1)
com.parallels.virtualsound     (1.0 22731.929773)
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring     (9.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] cn.com.zte.usbswapper.plist
[loaded] com.Nokia.NokiaInternetModem_AppStart.plist
[loaded] com.Nokia.NokiaInternetModem_icera-zerocd.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist
User Login Items:
smcFanControl
iTunesHelper
Skype
Kelly C
EEventManager
SteerMouse Manager
Raid D1
TotalFinder
EEventManager
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
MacFUSE
Perian
SteerMouse
Internet Plug-ins::
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.1.4
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.6f4 - SDK 10.6
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60831.0
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
Audacity:     Version: 1.3.13.0 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/Audacity/Audacity.app
Basketmania:     Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/Basketmania.app
Holes-and-Balls-Free:     Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/Holes-and-Balls-Free.app
Keynote:     Version: 5.3 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/iWork '09/Keynote.app
Numbers:     Version: 2.3 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/iWork '09/Numbers.app
Pages:     Version: 4.3 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/iWork '09/Pages.app
PeeMonkeyPlantBloomFree:     Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/PeeMonkeyPlantBloomFree.app
Unicorn Rainbow Munch:     Version: 23.5 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/Unicorn Rainbow Munch.app
Unity Bug Reporter:     Version: 3.5.6f4 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/Unity/Unity Bug Reporter.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 877.77 GB
Destinations:
Mac Back 2TB [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 877.77 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
46%     Dock
8%     prl_pm_service
4%     WindowServer
4%     Finder
1%     launchservicesd
Top Processes by Memory:
311 MB     Safari
180 MB     WindowServer
172 MB     com.apple.IconServicesAgent
123 MB     Skype
82 MB     Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
4.91 GB     Free RAM
1.69 GB     Active RAM
721 MB     Inactive RAM
706 MB     Wired RAM
670 MB     Page-ins
0 B     Page-outs

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1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
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Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

HT6346 New iMac very slow after upgrading to Yosemite...

I recently purchased a 21.5 inch iMac and had it specced up. I was very happy with it until last week when I upgraded it to Yosemite. It has slowed down significantly. When switching between programmes and selecting different actions, it appears to stop, then the "thinking wheel" appears, before carrying out the requested command. Sometimes as much as 10 seconds. For example: the simple act of hitting "reply" in mail, it takes as much a s10 seconds to open a reply mail. I videoed it several times. Very disappointed...
Specs
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)
3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1024 MB
just the process of copying and pasting the specs from About this Mac, took ages. Each line "thought" about it for several seconds before allowing me to select it.

Similar problem here too (quite high spec 2011 iMac 27") ; takes longer to boot up and Safari is slower under Yosemite than Mavericks.I have just installed Firefox and had a play around with it and it is much faster than safari ~ just couldn't get the appearance the way I liked so uninstalled. This morning I was using a five year old Compaq (averagely specced) and using Chrome it was much much faster than Safari is currently. I like Apple products (and just bought a new iPod classic for spare ) have, iPad etc but these 'upgrades' are like puling teeth for me. IOS 8 was useless on iPad 2 but improved slightly yesterday with IOS 8.1. I have little interest in technology as an end in itself, ( hifi and audio is my thing) just wanting it to work. I still can't send emails since Yosemite was installed last week as 'smtp servers are offline' ~ well, no they're not as email still works on iPad, android phones and compaq using the same servers. This really irritates. I was so impressed with iPad 2 when I got it ~ it set itself up virtually and I was sold on Apple's ease of use but I don't get back the 3 hours I spent last Friday checking settings, deleting accounts, re-adding email accounts and ultimately failing to fix it.
Yesterday I went to a famous dept store here in the UK to get an iPad mini with retina display as our iPad 2 is 3 years old but I left the store without buying it; just got sidetracked by looking at Samsung and believe it or not, Surface 3 program microsoft. Enough doubt in my mind after IOS7/8 and now Yosemite.
I still think Apple's products are beautifully designed and aesthetically and ergonomically impressive, but the Yosemite experience is draining; everyone glad handing about how great it is and it patently isn't. The design changes in the mac mini (lower performance than 2012 model ) and iMac (5K screen notwithstanding, much more difficult to make internal changes)) looks like arrogance.
Sorry for the negative rant but that's almost certainly me done

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Hi all,
I have an iMac that runs quite slowly after a few hours use, especially when using Photoshop and other Adobe software. What happens is, the processor gets completely swamped with "System" tasks (shown in Activity Monitor as red bars), the result being that "User" tasks are slow and the mouse jumps around the screen, rendering the computer almost useless. I've done a bunch of disk utilities including Leopard's onboard Disk Utility as well as OnyX, and although some errors were found, it was nothing serious. And after repairing, problems persisted.
Now, here's the thing. When I open Console, most of the errors are Adobe-related (mostly Photoshop and Dreamweaver). And I just ran a "Validate Fonts" check in Font Book, and found 15 fonts that have "serious errors, do not use".
So, I've often heard that Leopard, Adobe CS3, and corrupted fonts are a lethal combination. Not that I'm asking anyone to diagnose my problems from across the world, but does this sound like it could be the root of my problem? And if so, what's the proper process for removing the dangerous fonts so they can't ruin anything? Do I just delete them, or do corrupted fonts cause deeper problems which might necessitate reinstallation?
Thanks!

See Font Management in OS X and then these:
http://images.apple.com/pro/pdf/L311277AFontTTv4.pdf
http://www.creativetechs.com/tips/SVC-fonts/Fonts-2007-SVC.pdf
http://dl.extensis.com/downloads/SC/EN/P/FontsBest_Practices_inOSX.pdf
http://www.macworld.com/article/44942/2005/05/julyworkingmac.html
BTW, turn off the bad fonts with Font Book and see if the performance returns to normal.

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