Suddenly slow iMac

My iMac has suddenly gotten very slow. This is effecting all apps and the download times for both email and Safari are very slow. Again, this is all of a sudden. It is an earlier Intel iMac but is running Lion.

See:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
How to Speed up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X, 
Five Mac maintenance myths and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X for information.

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    Upload Speed: 286 kbps (35.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
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        1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
        8 GB RAM Upgradeable
            BANK 0/DIMM0
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            BANK 1/DIMM0
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        HP IO Classic Proxy 2    Application Hidden (/Library/Frameworks/HPServicesInterface.framework/Versions/B/Runtime/HP IO Classic Proxy 2.app)
        HP IO Classic Proxy    Application Hidden (/Library/Frameworks/HPServicesInterface.framework/Versions/A/Runtime/HP IO Classic Proxy.app)
        Director Docker    Application  (/Applications/Hewlett-Packard/HP Photo and Imaging Software/HP Photo and Imaging Director/Director Docker.app)
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        Time Machine not configured!
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             3%    fontd
             2%    WindowServer
             0%    coreservicesd
             0%    mds
             0%    blued
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        78 MB    mds
        41 MB    Finder
        33 MB    mdworker(3)
        29 MB    WindowServer
        29 MB    Dock
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        2.60 GB    Free RAM
        1.40 GB    Used RAM
        0 B    Swap Used
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        Apr 22, 2015, 11:38:18 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/helpd_2015-04-22-113818_[redac ted].crash
        Apr 21, 2015, 02:37:28 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Premiere Pro CS5_2015-04-21-143728_[redacted].crash
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  • 10.7.5 suddenly slows and then freezes

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