Snow Leopard seems to have screwed my mid-2007 iMac...

Ever since I upgraded to Snow Leopard my iMac has been experiencing many problems. First I have a slew of fonts that are not working in any Adobe program, the performance(speed) has dropped significantly and now one of my programs is not showing up as running even though it is.
I use Little Snapper (from RealMac Software) and when I open the app up it works, but it does not show up in the apple-tab browser and it doesn't have the dock light under it indicating that it's running. The only way I can get to it is by clicking on the icon on the dock.
Is anyone else experiencing similar problems as these? Should I talk to Apple about this or am I screwed?

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
I checked on Little Snapper (from RealMac Software) here http://www.realmacsoftware.com/littlesnapper/
Toward the bottom of the page it shows a download for 10.5 but not Snow Leopard 10.6.
Anytime you upgrade from one Mac OS X to the next, like Leopard to SL, you need to check first third party vendors first to make sure they have updated their software to meet the v10.6.x requirements.
Not All Third-Party Software Is Guaranteed to Work
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