ssd installation questions

[amit715]

i recently bought a mid-2012 13 inch mbp. i already upgraded the ram to 8 gigs and the next thing i want to do is replace my hdd with a ssd drive ,i seen many videos on how to physically swap out the drives .my question is how do i install the new os onto the ssd ?ive also be told that i dont need to install the os cause with the newer model macs will automatically download the os once i try to boot up.

[simsaladimbamba]

No Mac coming with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion has physical restore media included.

OS X: About OS X Recovery

If you want to make a bootable installation medium, you can follow these steps:

• Lion DiskMaker

• Create bootable installation medium for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
• Create bootable installation medium for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

Or you could clone the HDD to the SSD via CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper!:

MacBook, MacBook Pro: Replacing the Hard Disk Drive, transferring data to the new HDD/SSD

the guide includes:

• 0. Identify your MacBook or MacBook Pro
• 1. Getting a new HDD
• 2. Guides to replace the internal HDD with a newer one
• 3. Transferring data from the old HDD to the new HDD/SSD
• 4. Using the optical disk drive (ODD) slot for placing an SSD or HDD inside the MB/P (OPTIBAY)