Launchpad and Mission Control animations are slow

Recently the animations for when opening Launchpad and Mission Control have been slower than usual. All the other animations seem to working fine and it's just those two which are the problem. Now whenever I try to open either one of them it would take ages and theres no point opening it at all. Is there a file that I could edit ot is there a Terminal command to speed it up?

Hello Ilhun,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13952
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          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
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          1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
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                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
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