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Since upgrading to 10.9.4 i've been beset with numerous bugs and general odd system behavior.
Previous to this update I had experience lag when using my Wacom Intuos 4 tablet. For example when doing a preview render in Maya the tablet would become unresponsive and laggy. This never occurred on my old Mac Pro 2008.
I noticed there was an update to the Wacom Drivers (6.3.8-2) so I did the update. After updating I've been experiencing dramatically slow screen redraw. So whenever I drag a window or scroll, the image stutters, flickers and lags as it tries to redraw to keep up with mouse position. This makes it impossible to use the computer.
I uninstalled the Wacom drivers and the lag and redraw errors persist. I looked at Activity Monitor to if it was some other system resource like Spotlight that was momentarily hogging resources. The only thing I notice is that the dreaded "kernel_task" seems to be using a lot of ram (1.46 GB) and cpu time (usually at the top of the list). Also, "com.apple.IconServicesAgent" seems to be using a lot of CPU time (usually #2 in the list).
I'm at a loss as to what to do about this other than re-install everything from scratch. I've read through numerous forum threads about the kernel_task issue but nothing seems to apply to the New Mac Pro.
Hopefully someone has some experience with these issues and some good advice for fixes.
Jonathan
Here's my EtreCheck system report:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated August 26, 2014 at 11:34:29 AM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
Mac Pro (Late 2013) (Verified)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro6,1
1 3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5 CPU: 6 cores
32 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
AMD FirePro D700 - VRAM: 6144 MB
AMD FirePro D700 - VRAM: 6144 MB
DELL3007WFPHC 2560 x 1600
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:18:8
Disk Information: ?
APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.42 GB (237.99 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Tablet PTK-640
Samsung Samsung ML-2510 Series
Generic Flash Card Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_2
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_1
Promise Technology, Inc. Pegasus2-R
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_0
Configuration files: ?
/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
Gatekeeper: ?
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ?
[loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4052 - SDK 10.8) Support
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) Support
[loaded] com.promise.driver.stex (5.2.7 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver (3.0.0d1) Support
[not loaded] com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 (3.0.0d1) Support
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.2.6) Support
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.8 - SDK 10.9) Support
Startup Items: ?
CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
Launch Daemons: ?
[running] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist Support
[running] com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist Support
[loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist Support
[running] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.promise.bgasched.plist Support
[running] com.promise.BGPMain_R.plist Support
[loaded] com.promise.emaild.plist Support
[running] com.solidangle.rlm.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[running] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist Support
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.wacom.pentablet.plist Support
[not loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] net.jonstovell.keepeSATATest1TBSpinning.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
ChronoSyncBackgrounder
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins: ?
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.176 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.176 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
WacomNetscape: Version: Unknown
WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins ?
Aspera Web 3.3.3.81344: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
CUDA Preferences Support
Flash Player Support
Java Support
WacomTablet Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      1% Activity Monitor
      1% WindowServer
      1% fontd
      0% sysmond
      0% Creative Cloud
Top Processes by Memory: ?
164 MB Safari
131 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
98 MB mds_stores
98 MB WindowServer
98 MB Creative Cloud
Virtual Memory Information: ?
27.51 GB Free RAM
1.99 GB Active RAM
548 MB Inactive RAM
1.95 GB Wired RAM
548 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

You have installed all these non-Apple system modifications:
Kernel Extensions: ?
[loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4052 - SDK 10.8) Support
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) Support
[loaded] com.promise.driver.stex (5.2.7 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver (3.0.0d1) Support
[not loaded] com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver64 (3.0.0d1) Support
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.2.6) Support
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.8 - SDK 10.9) Support
Litlle snitch has been a bad actor for some users.
You do not have any CUDA Hardware, so the CUDA Driver is not needed.
I do not know what siLabs driver thinks it may be driving.
You left the door open:
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