Taking 2 Minutes To Open Finder

My iMac all of a sudden is taking 2-3 minutes to respond to my mouse clicks, I have restarted and tried everything, if I click Macintosh HD it takes 2 minutes for that too open, if I try to open any folder the same thing, if I open up an application again the same thing, the colour wheel spins for two minutes before there is a response... I looked at the iMac disk space and there is only 99GB left out of 1000GB, could this be why?

Hello Tom,
" could this be why? "
Yes!
That drive needs a clear out asap. Its generally accepted that OS X needs around 10 - 15% free space on a drive to run correctly / safely.
Regards.
Ian.

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