Yosemite slow, Beach ball always spinning when changing windows, doing activities

After upgrading to Yosemite the finder is very slow, when switching programs or selecting items get the spinning beach ball all the time. Today when using Excel when delete a cell would get spinning beach ball for a few seconds. On activity monitor seems to be seeing Kernel_task frequently and once in awhile WindowServer. Kernel_task is allows getting to top on activity monitor. Any help would be appreciated.

here is the info from EtreCheck. I have 2 portables which are running fine. The difference is I have parallels and crash plan installed which are not on the other machines.
Problem description:
Yosemite running slow, beach ball frequently, especially seems to related to finder actions.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 4, 2014 at 10:01:39 AM CST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
Mac mini (Late 2012) (Verified)
Mac mini - model: Macmini6,2
1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
Thunderbolt Display 2048 x 1152
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 7 days 23:43:2
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM128E disk0 : (121.33 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB
Brad's Fusion mini (disk2) / [Startup]: 1.12 TB (709.67 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 999.35 GB Online
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 disk1 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Brad's Fusion mini (disk2) / [Startup]: 1.12 TB (709.67 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
Core Storage: disk1s2 999.35 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Western Digital My Book 1130 2 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Time Machine 2 (disk3s2) /Volumes/Time Machine 2 : 2.00 TB (760.39 GB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Display Audio
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Display)
Apple Inc. Apple Thunderbolt Display
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt Display
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Parallels Access.app
[loaded] com.parallels.virtualsound (1.0.27 27 - SDK 10.6) Support
/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
[loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.0.2 27712 - SDK 10.7) Support
[loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.0.2 27712 - SDK 10.7) Support
[loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.0.2 27712 - SDK 10.7) Support
[loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.0.2 27712 - SDK 10.7) Support
/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.sophos.kext.sav (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) Support
[loaded] com.sophos.nke.swi (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchAfaTech (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergy450 (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergyXS (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchEmpia (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchVoyager (1.1) Support
[not loaded] com.markspace.missingsync.palmos.classicseize (1) Support
[not loaded] com.palm.ClassicNotSeizeDriver (3.2.1) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.39) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.39) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support
[not loaded] jp.co.epson.driver.EpsonNet_PSUSBNotSeize (1.0.0) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.0.1) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
OSXvnc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/OSXvnc
VirtualPCOSServices: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualPCOSServices
WDMyBookServiceStartupItem: Path: /Library/StartupItems/WDMyBookServiceStartupItem
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.gamed.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist Support
[running] com.citrix.ReceiverHelper.plist Support
[running] com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist Support
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist Support
[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.crashplan.engine.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[running] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist Support
[invalid?] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.common.servicemanager.plist Support
[failed] openbase.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist Support
[invalid?] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist Support
[running] openlaunch.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
CrashPlan menu bar Application (/Applications/CrashPlan.app/Contents/Helpers/CrashPlan menu bar.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126   - SDK 10.8 Support
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.8 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.7.2 - SDK 10.7 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
BrowserPlus_2.9.8: Version: 2.9.8 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
Ghostery
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Citrix ShareFile Sync Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
OpenBasePreferences Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Brad's Fusion mini: Disk size: 1.12 TB Disk used: 405.53 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine 2 [Local]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 102
Oldest backup: 2012-11-10 23:47:43 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-04 16:01:39 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk used 405.53 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      3% WindowServer
      3% syncdefaultsd
      0% fontd
      0% InterCheck
      0% SophosWebIntelligence
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
155 MB softwareupdated
129 MB CrashPlanService
112 MB SophosScanD
112 MB InterCheck
94 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
335 MB Free RAM
2.98 GB Active RAM
3.39 GB Inactive RAM
1.28 GB Wired RAM
38.22 GB Page-ins
2.15 GB Page-outs

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