My iMac is getting really slow.  It used to boot in about 30 seconds, now it's over 3 minutes.  I am thinking I may backup photo's Videos and such and format the hard drives and re-install OSX.  Any thoughts on this?

This computer used to boot up in about 30 seconds, now it's minutes, programs are starting to freeze, or take a long time to boot.  I suspect it's bits and fragments from programs that I have used and deleted over the years, but are still floating around inside my iMac.  I really don't want to re-format and re-install OSX  but the lack of performance is finally starting to irritate me.  (Haveing switched from windows in 2009, I can tell you, I used to reformat and re-install windows about every 3 months because I liked that fresh fast boot up feel.)  Any advice is welcome.  Here's a printout from a program that lists everything using my system.
Thanks.
Hardware Information:
          iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)
          iMac - model: iMac9,1
          1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 1 day 20:5:18
Disk Information:
          WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 disk0 : (640.14 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 639.28 GB (230.87 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          PIONEER DVD-RW  DVRTS08 
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. iPhone
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
                    Logitech USB Receiver
                    Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Configuration files:
          /etc/hosts - Count: 14
Kernel Extensions:
          com.f-secure.kext.fsauth          (1.0.0d1)
Startup Items:
          360ControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/360ControlDaemon
Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.f-secure.aua.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.f-secure.clstate-periodic.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.f-secure.fsavd.dbhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.f-secure.fsavd.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.f-secure.fsmac.firewall.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.f-secure.fsmac.fsupdated.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.brother.LOGINserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.canon.MFManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.f-secure.trasher.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.robohippo.hippovnc.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] [email protected]
          [not loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          Charter Security Suite
Internet Plug-ins:
          Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.8.1 3rd-Party support link
          OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101736: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
          CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL: Version: 3.2.0.1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
Safari Extensions:
          iTube Studio: Version: 3.0.0.3
          DoNotTrackMe: Online Privacy Protection: Version: 3.1.1064
          DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>: Version: 2.1.2.145
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          DivX  3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player  3rd-Party support link
          Flip4Mac WMV  3rd-Party support link
          Growl  3rd-Party support link
          Java  3rd-Party support link
          XBox 360 Controllers  3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
          BrFirmDataProvider:          Version: 1.0.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Brother/Utilities/Firmware Update Tool/BrMain/resources/BrFirmDataProvider.app
          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
          ControlCenter:          Version: 2.5.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/ControlCenter/ControlCenter.app
          RemoteSetup:          Version: 3.0.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/RemoteSetup.app
          CameraWindow:          Version: 7.11.0.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Canon Utilities/CameraWindow/CameraWindow.app
          X-Plane 10 Demo Installer:          Version: 3.10r1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Users/[redacted]/Downloads/X-Plane 10 Demo Installer.app
          iSkysoft Helper Compact:          Version: 2.2.6.4 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Helper/iSkysoft Helper Compact.app
          Amazon MP3 Downloader:          Version: INFO_PLIST_VERSION - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 595.37 GB Disk used: 380.36 GB
          Destinations:
                    My Passport for Mac [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 931.36 GB
                    Total number of backups: 57
                    Oldest backup: 2013-04-27 02:29:05 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-11-20 10:53:56 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 931.36 GB < (Disk used 380.36 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               2%          WindowServer
               1%          fscuif
               1%          fsaua
               0%          EtreCheck
               0%          aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory:
          315 MB          iTunes
          119 MB          softwareupdated
          106 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          86 MB          Safari
          78 MB          com.apple.MediaLibraryService
Virtual Memory Information:
          943 MB          Free RAM
          1.22 GB          Active RAM
          758 MB          Inactive RAM
          568 MB          Wired RAM
          1.32 GB          Page-ins
          103 MB          Page-outs

In addition to Mike's suggestions,  you only have 4GB of RAM and Mavericks does use more RAM than other versions. You may also want to look at the apps that startup on login and the possiblity of upgrading RAM.

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