What Happened To My Photographs?

Running iMac With OS Sierra 10.13.5.

I wanted to find a photo from a couple of years ago. iPhoto is empty and Photos only shows stuff I've taken with my phone. Did an update delete them all? Is there a way to recover or find them? I've done backups with Time Machine, but Time Machine currently says that it is not set up.

iMac with Retina 5K display, iOS 10.1

Posted on Jul 2, 2018 5:15 PM

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