Upgraded and getting spinning rainbow ball constantly

I upgraded to Firefox 3.6.15 a few days ago. I also upgraded Flash. I'm getting the spinning rainbow ball almost every time I try to do something in Firefox now—when I type something, it stops after every 10 keystrokes and spins, when I scroll down a page it pauses to think, when I click on a dialogue box or to a field.
Also, whenever I try to save or print something, the dialogue box will pop up but then instantly disappear before I'm able to click anything.
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.6. My Macbook is about two and a half years old; I'm wondering if this is just related to the age of my computer. I have plenty of memory available.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
If we could look at the websites giving you difficulty, maybe we can tell if the issue is something on the website which isn't quite compatible with your browser, or if it is likely an issue with how data is just passing over the net.
There are many reasons for slowing down, outlined in my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/Macosxspeed.html
If your data is backed up, we can examine them one by one*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
If we could look at the websites giving you difficulty, maybe we can tell if the issue is something on the website which isn't quite compatible with your browser, or if it is likely an issue with how data is just passing over the net.
There are many reasons for slowing down, outlined in my FAQ*:
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If your data is backed up, we can examine them one by one*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Macbook Pro is freezing with the spinning rainbow ball of death constantly going. Can someone review my Etrecheck and tell me what to do?

My macbook pro is constantly freezing with the rainbow ball of death spinning all the time. I ran Etrecheck. Any help would be much appreciated!
Problem description:
Running slow; constant spinning rainbow ball
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 12, 2014 at 2:08:28 PM CST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 2:40:10
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup]: 318.84 GB (115.79 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
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[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[invalid?] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist Support
[invalid?] com.nero.HSMMonitor.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
Microsoft Database Daemon Application (/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app)
VMware Fusion Start Menu UNKNOWN (missing value)
„Google“ diskas Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
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AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 1.1.10 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.1.3r153 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Java Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
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      9% Microsoft Outlook
      3% WindowServer
      1% mdworker32
      1% mds
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
258 MB firefox
155 MB mds_stores
137 MB Microsoft Outlook
133 MB softwareupdated
94 MB Microsoft Excel
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169 MB Free RAM
1.38 GB Active RAM
1.19 GB Inactive RAM
1.15 GB Wired RAM
6.52 GB Page-ins
37 MB Page-outs

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Danny Boy® wrote:
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also check this article: _*Troubleshoot the spinning beach ball*_.
JGG

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Hi rp4035,
The [about:sessionrestore] tab will show up when Firefox crashed or did not shut down properly. In the about:support page there is a section with a crash list. This report can help identify what the issue may have been caused by.
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#Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Troubleshooting Information''.
Now, a new tab containing your troubleshooting information should open.
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#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
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also i noted that it has only been doing this since quite recently, before it was fine
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First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
Step 1
This diagnostic procedure will query the log for messages that may indicate a system issue. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal 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 Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
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Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Reset the System Management Controller.
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If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
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Select All Processes from the View menu or the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
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Next, select the Disk tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in andWrites out.)
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View ▹ Show Log List
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Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combinationcommand-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
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So I'm waiting (again) on Final Cut to gets its act together. How long to you usually let the ball spin before force quitting and reopening, loosing any progress since the last save/autosave?

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