System Freeze. SSD.TimeMachine. MBP retina 2013

A - Background / System Environment:
I got the new Macbook Pro retina 13" display 2013.
here is the configuration:
3Ghz I7
8Ghz 1600Mhz DDR3
OS X 10.8.4
SSD 500Gb
TRIM support: YES
I created 2 user sessions. 1 user session has been created on the regular basis while,
1 user session is the one I created through timemachine from my previous macbookPro:
     MacBookPro 13" (early 2011)
     Processor: I5Duo 2.3GHz
     Memory: 4Gb RAM
     HDD: 320Gb
     OS: Mountain Lion v10.7.3
B - Problem:
On the MBP2013 retina,
the first user session created under the OS 10.8.4 seems to work just fine,
whereas the user session created with the timeMachine present several issues.
- I alway get a freeze whenever I need to access to the SSD data, as simple as opening the Finder ( it usually takes up to 40seconds )
- If I need to copy/ paste files from external SD card, USB stick ...to the MBP, the beachBall appears, and I wait up to 40 seconds
I 've heard about TRIM that should be enabled or not...
Or is there any patch to download ?
Has anyone encountered the same situation while importing datas with timemachine (from HDD system to SSD system) ?
I 'll be glad if anyone knew what to fill out in the section "C" hereafter ;P
C - Solution :

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

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