Missing three years of photos

Macbook pro Retina (mid) 2012

Version 10.10.5

OS X Yosemite

2.3 GHz Intel core i7

8 gig 1600 MHz DDR3


Hey Guys,

Not sure what happened but I when I opened up I photo I noticed I was missing three years of photographs. I looked to see if any family members accidentally deleted them but nothing turned up when I hit restore photos also nothing was in the trash barrel. They just disappeared. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

A.

Posted on Aug 22, 2015 6:24 AM

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Aug 22, 2015 7:41 AM in response to BeanTown15

Let's get some additional information that may help somebody help you:

When you said "nothing turned up when I hit restore photos also nothing was in the trash barrel," do you mean you selected "Show Recently Deleted" from the File menu and found nothing, then opened the system Trash and found nothing?

Do you know about when the loss occurred? Did anything else significant (software or hardware change, another problem with the system) happen around the same time?

Do you have backups from before the loss? If so, what kind (e.g., Time Machine, disk clone, or online)?


Less likely to help, but might be interesting:

Are the "three years of photographs" the earliest years? The latest years? Some years in between?

Are the "three years of photographs" complete calendar years, or just about 36 months not aligned with years?

Aug 22, 2015 1:21 PM in response to BeanTown15

BeanTown15 wrote:


[...] all 6,000 picture's dates are all out of order [...]

Where are you seeing them out of order -- in the "Photos" view, in the "All Photos" automatic album, in some other album?

The only one of those that should necessarily be in date-taken order is the "Photos" view.

The "All Photos" automatic album is supposed to be in date-added order, but the migration from iPhoto doesn't seem to add pictures in any specific order.

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