I now recognize that I should have looked into this more, since apparently in erasing the Mac OS partition, I also erased the Recovery Partition, or at least when removing the the Mac OS partition I removed the ability to boot into the recovery mode. So basically, the computer won't boot at all (obviously) since all it has is a blank hard drive. How to install Photos for Mac. Photos for Mac OS X is available now. If you update Yosemite to OS X 10.10.3 of later, Photos will arrive on your Mac.
Update from an Updates Available notification
If you receive a notification that an app update is available, you can download the update without opening App Store.
In the notification, do one of the following:
Update all apps now and restart: Click Restart.
Update all apps later: Click Later, then choose an option.
Automatically keep macOS and apps up to date
You can automatically download and install macOS and app updates.
Choose App Store > Preferences.
De select “Automatically check for updates,” then de select “Install app updates” to have your Mac not install app updates automatically, or “Install macOS updates” to have your Mac install macOS updates automatically.
SEE ALSO App Store preferencesErase and reinstall macOSReinstall apps that came with your Mac
Oct 23, 2016 9:49 AM