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