It's very likely that the problem is that you have a *lot* of "floating" files, macgruder. I discuss these files in my blog @
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog.
Of course, the discussion doesn't help you get things to go fast!
So -- let's do that. What we want to do is "lock" down the files to the proper user id. To do that, I'll need some data for you -- and it's probably best if we do this in support.
So, open Terminal and send the output of the following commands to me @ support - at - shirt-pocket.com:
id
Then:
ls -l
Then:
sudo ls -l
Thanks! We'll get you sped up in no time.