Installing Yosemite from USB to a new (unformatted) USB?

Hey everyone!
Just ordered a new SSD to try and breathe some life back into my wife's Late 2008 Macbook. As she was planning on doing a clean install anyway, I didn't bother picking up cloning equipment and just planned to install Yosemite direct from a USB. Unfortunately I hadn't thought about how I would actually format the SSD to Mac OS Extended so I'm wondering if it's possible to do that from the USB installer or if there is something like gParted for Mac that will allow me to format the drive from a USB environment. Or do I just need to go out and pick up housing for the SSD and format it as an external drive?

I think it's possible to install Yosemite on internal SSD from USB installer.
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The odd thing is, sometimes the MacBook boots in to OS X Utilities. This shows a window from which you can select Disk Utility, install OS X etc. However, other times it boots in to OS X Installer. There is a menu at the top of the screen from which you can run Disk Utility.
Not sure about this, but I think the first time I boot from a newly-created USB memory stick, it loads in to OS X Utilities, and subsequent boots load the OS X Installer. If I recreate the key, it loads OS X Utilities.
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P Diddy

Not unless a problem occurs. Back it up first.
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Honey_Revenge wrote:
Thanks.
Just a quick follow up question, is formatting the SSD with HFS+ done in Disk Utility?...
It's possible that the SSD will be set up for use on a PC, which means it will have a Master Boot Record partition table rather than a GUID Partition Table, which is what Yosemite needs. In Disk Utility, select the SSD and click the Partition button. Create a new Partition Layout and click the Options... button at the bottom. You'll likely see MBR is selected. Choose GUID instead and Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for the Format.

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