Mac mini (Mid 2011) inexplicably running slow, especially videos, despite what I think is sufficient memory.

I have a Mac mini (Mid 2011). It has become slow in some ways even though I have 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 memory and almost 250GB of free storage. I recently installed Yosemite 10.10.1 (14B25) but I had noticed the slow down prior to that. Notably, videos no longer run smoothly. Instead, there are brief pauses in playback. I initially thought it was a problem with streaming videos but then found the same problem playing TV shows and movies downloaded from the iTunes store.
There are now also lags for starting up certain programs and many programs seems sluggish once open. Not sure what could have caused the slow down since I don't even use the computer at issue very much and haven't recently installed any new software. No programs launch with log-in and all notifications are turned off. Any ideas? If there's a problem specifically related to video, I'd be interested in hearing that too. I use a Samsung monitor but it and everything else about my computer used to work perfectly and videos ran smoothly until fairly recently.  

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    Mac mini (Mid 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    Mac mini - model: Macmini5,2
    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    8 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
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        BANK 1/DIMM0
            4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    AMD Radeon HD 6630M - VRAM: 256 MB
        SMFX2490HD spdisplays_1080p
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 0:49:33
Disk Information: ℹ️
    TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (227.37 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
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    Mac App Store and identified developers
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    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
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    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.0.11 [Click for support]
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    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
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    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
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         5%    WindowServer
         0%    Google Chrome
         0%    ocspd
         0%    AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
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    60 MB    WindowServer
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    2.43 GB    Active RAM
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    1.08 GB    Wired RAM
    2.51 GB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs
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