Programs freeze?!

So Its extremely frustrating to "upload" a file into different types of programs and the program freezes.  For example when I upload a file onto an email when I am looking for a file to upload into the email the "attachment box" freezes and I need to force quit mail. When I download a file from apple mail it freezes and I have to force quit.  But its not limited to apple mail, it also happens when I am on gmail when I try and upload/ download a file the program freezes and I have to force quit.  I also tried a different internet search engine.  I originally was using Chrome so I thought it was Chrome, so I went onto Safari and yet it did the same thing.  I have tried to trouble shoot this problem to the best of my ability, now I am lost.  is there something I need to do?  All software files are up to date.

Try a restart.
Do a backup, using either Time Machine or a cloning program, to ensure files/data can be recovered. Two backups are better than one.
Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
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