Solved How To Install Mac Osx Sierra On A New Hard Drive Macbook Pro 13 Unibody

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I am installing a new hard drive on a mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro. How do I install the Mac OSX Sierra operating system?

Do an internet recovery install. Here’s how, remember with a new drive you will first need to go to Disk Utilities and format the drive GUID Mac Extended: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/02/25/…

How can you install Disk Utilities if the hard drive is new? does it have to be an Apple compatible drive?