If you’re struggling to install macOS or OS X on your new hard drive, you may be able to get one-to-one support directly from Apple. Your Mac installs OS X from the installation disc.
Follow this IFIXIT guide: MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2012 Hard Drive Replacement. Click ‘Install OS X’ and select your hard drive as the destination. If the system starts up you can then shut down the system and swap over the drives. Restart the system and press the Option key so you can select the SSD as the boot up drive. Once done you'll want to double check if it's working correctly. Run the installer selecting the SSD drive it will install a fresh OS onto your SSD. The next step is to download from the Apps Store the OS installer. When cooked, remove SSD from Mac and insert into. Disc Utility / Install OS then select Show all disks. Insert flash drive with bootable OS ( icon appears on desktop) Click on OS icon.
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With the SSD plugged in to your system you'll need to run Disk Utility to partition the drive with GUID and format it with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition. (SSD icon shows on desktop) Disc Utility - Erase SSD, then partition SSD and give it a name. Here's one unit: Startech 2.5" SATA to USB adapter for 2.5" drives. You'll need to get a SATA to USB adapter so you can connect your SSD externally to your system.
Mavericks and newer OS's have firmware updaters within the OS installer. Hint: the last digits (after the last dot) are hexadecimal so you'll need to convert it to decimal to know if your systems version is newer or older than the T/N.You might have something still newer depending on your OS version. Follow this Apple T/N: About EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Mac computers. First thing I would do here is make sure your systems firmware is upto date.
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