Probably this would help: After reinstalling, resetting preferences, turning off preflight and reading a lot of forums I still had the beach ball problem. Then I thought this new workspace system, which updates your workspace depending on the chosen element might slow down simple stuff drammatically. So I just switched the workspace from Essentials to Essentials Classic (or any other Classic workspace) and it worked - beach ball is gone. Probably this could help somebody.
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