Mountain Lion slows down my iMac

Mountain Lion slows down my iMac .
iMac 27 inch late 2009
3.06 GHz intel core 2 Duo
My computer was working really well despite its age until I installed the new Mountain Lion.
Now I find that it is much slower .
The main problem is between stiching from one programme or another I get the spinning wheel for maybe 10-15 seconds,
even switching between tabs in web browser .
Any genius to help with this problem ¿?¿?¿??¿
Thank you .

where do I find
/Library/Caches
~/Library/Caches
when I am in Finder ¿??

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You're positivity in the midst of chaos is refreshing! Apple should hire you as the official Apple Communities Grief Counseler
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