How do I format a WD 4TB Red HD for mac using ML?

I bought a 4TB WD Red internal drive and placed it into a OWC enclosure with firewire 800 ports to use as storage for my 2011 Macbook Pro.  I've read about and tried various ways to format the drive for Mac.  WD and Apple online support/forum pages tell me to partition the drive as 1 using Apple Partition Map.  Doing that, I was able to format the drive...it seemed until I tried to copy files.  It only allowed me to copy certain files.  For instance, it wouldn't allow me to copy over any .wav files.  So basically, I am asking how can I reformat the drive properly?  WD page states that if an error occurs its not the drive but the operating system.  They suggest turning off wi-fi, security, etc. to prevent the error.  But it just isn't working.  Anybody formatted a 4TB WD RED as an external for/with Mountain Lion?  I think the idea of creating  a cheaper super reliable external drive myself was naive, maybe...

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