Taking a lot longer to hook up iDisk with this latest update

Every time I restart, it takes an awful long time for iDisk to show on my desktop, and while I wait for it to come up, if I do anything with the Finder, such as open the hard disk or try to access any of the menus, I get the spinning beach ball of death -
so I go to Force Quit to see if I can clear the hang up, and every time, without fail, the Finder is the one not responding and I have to restart the finder.
I still have to wait for the iDisk to be found, and then I can finally do stuff.
I never had this problem before the latest software update and battery update. I know I've got enough RAM, I don't use anything memory intensive and I am quite diligent about not having too many Apps running - I never have more than 3 at the same time, and they're usually little Apps, I certainly don't have anything like Photoshop or Word or Excel or iMovie or DVD Player or such running at the same time.
Why is it taking so long now to get the iDisk to show? I feel like I took a step back in the computer's speed lately.
Any thoughts? I've run the usual stuff, Onyx, restarted a few times, checked my Prefs, but it's the Finder, so I'm stumped. It can't be the memory!
Help.

Not enough free space on the startup disk can cause the issues you are referring to.
Control click the MacintoshHD icon on your desktop then click Get Info.
You'll see: Capacity & Available
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If it's not a disk space issue, verify the disk for errors.
Launch Disk Utility located in HD > Applications > Utilities
Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.
Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions)
If Disk Utility reports problems, you will need to insert your install disc to make repairs.
And if you have not done so lately, backup all your important data just in case.

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