Did I overwrite my files??????

I am new to the Mac world, but have been an IT Manager for Windows environment for many years. I do have a couple of Macs that I have to manage though. I was working to consolidate files today on two of the Macs and was moving pictures from one unit to another.
I copied the pics from the old Mac to an external drive and copied them to the new Mac. I told the system to move the Originals folder under iPhoto Library. The system prompted me that the folder already exists and asked if I wanted to replace. Coming from Windows, which would copy additional files from the same folder to the destination, I answered yes.
It appears though that the Mac overwrote the folder and all of the existing files were replaced completely. Don't worry, I do have a backup of all photos, so I didn't loose anything. However, it does prompt me to ask if it did indeed delete the existing Originals folder to copy the new one over? If so, can the original folder or it's files be retrieved? They do not exist in Trash.
Thanks,
Roger

However, it does prompt me to ask if it did indeed delete the existing Originals folder to copy the new one over?
Yes.
If so, can the original folder or it's files be retrieved?
Maybe with data recovery software. All of these cost money except for a very limited trial, so you should restore from the backup instead.
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