Mac making lots of "thinking" noises and slow in opening apps

My 100G space came up as full last night so I freed up about 15g. space, but now today I notice it is going way slow, taking forever to open or show data in files - eg if I click on the master application folder - the names of indiv. folders show but file content on right doesn't come up until about 30 secs, and the computer itself is making all sorts of whirring/clicking type sounds which i called "thinking" but it's as if the memory is still full and is operating at half it's speed.
I have a 2.16 GHz intel core duo processor, and memory is 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.
Get info shows:  Capacity of 99.69GB, avail is 14.11 GB
Any tips on what has happened since last night to today? I thought it would be running faster and accessing files really easily.
I just got a pop up saying:  Your iDisk is unavailable.  Make sure you are logged in to your MObile ME acct, then try again to access your iDisk.
COuld this be the problem? I've never seen this before.    What is my iDisk, and what does it do?

Thank you - is this what you asked me to do?   Excuse my limited computer abilities.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.1 (104)
Report generated December 5, 2014 7:31:15 PM GMT+01:00
Hardware Information: ℹ️
  MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy) (Verified)
  MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro1,1
  1 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo CPU: 2-core
  2 GB RAM
  BANK 0/DIMM0
  1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
  BANK 1/DIMM1
  1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
  Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
  Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g
Video Information: ℹ️
  ATY,RadeonX1600 - VRAM: 256 MB
  Color LCD 1440 x 900
  spdisplays_display_connector
System Software: ℹ️
  Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 21:21:37
Disk Information: ℹ️
  ST9100824AS disk0 : (93.16 GB)
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  - (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
  Anne's Core Duo HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 99.69 GB (14.09 GB free) (Low!)
USB Information: ℹ️
  EPSON EPSON Scanner
  Micron Built-in iSight
  Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
  /Users/[redacted]/Downloads/Toast Titanium 5.2.3.app
  [not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.1) [Support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
  HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
  Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
  [not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist [Support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
  [loaded] com.lexmark.bmspecificlaunchd.plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.lexmark.lxknetlaunchd.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
  [loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist [Support]
  [failed] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
  [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist [Support]
  [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
  iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
  EEventManager Application (/Applications/EPSON Sc[redacted]r/Creativity Suite/Event Manager/EEventManager)
  SCMenu ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Spring Cleaning 8.0/SCMenu.app)
  AirPort Base Station Agent Application (/System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app)
  Kodak EasyShare Wireless Listener UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
  System Events Application (/System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app)
  uTorrent Application (/Applications/uTorrent.app)
  Spotify Application (/Applications/Spotify.app)
  Google Software Update Application (/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Reso urces/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app)
  HP Scheduler Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
  AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Support]
  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 6.0
  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
  VLC Plugin: Version: 1.0.5 [Support]
  NPVirtools: Version: 4.0 [Support]
  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
  DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.9r615 [Support]
  Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.3.0f4 [Support]
  googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 1.0.20.8768 [Support]
  OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 [Support]
  Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 [Support]
  Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.239 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
  RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
  Searchme Adware! [Remove]
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
  DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.2
  iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
  Flash Player  [Support]
  Flip4Mac WMV  [Support]
  Perian  [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
  Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      11% DashboardClient
      5% WindowServer
      2% Google Chrome
      1% LaunchCFMApp
      0% EPSON Scanner
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
  92 MB Google Chrome
  62 MB Google Chrome Helper
  52 MB mds
  49 MB DashboardClient
  47 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
  728 MB Free RAM
  811 MB Active RAM
  350 MB Inactive RAM
  258 MB Wired RAM
  657 MB Page-ins
  0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
  Dec 4, 2014, 10:39:35 PM iPhoto_2014-12-04-223935_Roll-MacBook-Pro.crash
  Dec 4, 2014, 10:38:29 PM iPhoto_2014-12-04-223829_Roll-MacBook-Pro.crash
  Dec 4, 2014, 10:37:47 PM Finder_2014-12-04-223747_Roll-MacBook-Pro.crash
  Dec 4, 2014, 10:34:42 PM iPhoto_2014-12-04-223442_Roll-MacBook-Pro.crash
  Dec 4, 2014, 10:10:12 PM Self test - passed
  Dec 4, 2014, 08:29:02 AM Microsoft Word_2014-12-04-082902_Roll-MacBook-Pro.hang

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