Mac osx, really slow, beachball all the time

Hi helpful people....
My imac, 6 years old but lovely, is soooo slow. Don't know if it needs more RAM or I can sort it some other way??
Any help very welcome!
roxannefromgbr

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Speeding up Macs,
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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
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      MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
      MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
      1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
      4 GB RAM Upgradeable
      BANK 0/DIMM0
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      BANK 1/DIMM0
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      Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
      Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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      Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
      Color LCD 1440 x 900
      AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
    System Software: ℹ️
      OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 2 days 18:23:38
    Disk Information: ℹ️
      APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
      Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
      Macintosh HD (disk1) /  [Startup]: 498.88 GB (433.64 GB free)
      Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
      MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8 
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      Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
      Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
      Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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      Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
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      Mac App Store and identified developers
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      [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.12 - SDK 10.6) Support
      [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.12 - SDK 10.6) Support
      [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.12 - SDK 10.5) Support
      [not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.12 - SDK 10.6) Support
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      [failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
      [failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist
      [failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
      [failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
      [failed] com.apple.rcd.plist
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      [failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
      [failed] com.apple.warmd_agent.plist
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      [failed] com.apple.awdd.plist
      [failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
      [failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
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      [failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
      [failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
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      Flux Application (/Applications/Flux.app)
      iTunesHelper ApplicationHidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
      Trend Micro Titanium Application (/Applications/TrendMicro.localized/iTIS.app)
      Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
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      o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
      Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
      Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.1.0.24   - SDK 10.8 Support
      AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
      FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
      Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
      Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
      QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
      googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
      SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
      AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
      CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: Version 1.1.7 - SDK 10.5 Support
      JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
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      WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
      NPRoblox: Version: 1, 2, 8, 25 - SDK 10.9 Support
    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
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      Flip4Mac WMV  Support
      Trusteer Endpoint Protection  Support
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      Time Machine not configured!
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          9% Safari
          6% WindowServer
          5% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
          4% hidd
          0% authd
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      172 MB Safari
      146 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
      56 MB WindowServer
      52 MB iTunes
      47 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
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      1.13 GB Active RAM
      1.07 GB Inactive RAM
      1.10 GB Wired RAM
      23.40 GB Page-ins
      1.55 GB Page-outs

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              MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
              1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
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              AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
              AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
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                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (54,63 GB free)
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              com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.5.1)
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              Flip4Mac WMV
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              Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
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              RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
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              FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
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                                  Backup size 698.32 GB < (Disk used 414.09 GB X 3)
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              995 MB          Active RAM
              859 MB          Inactive RAM
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