Final Cut Pro X project either didn't save or disappeared.

I opened final cut pro x and a project I had been working on was basically half gone. It was as if the project saved a couple days in, and then the rest of the work disappeared. I can't even find the project in any folder. It shows up in Final Cut Pro x, but nowhere else. I searched online to find an answer, but the only thing I could find was help for missing footage linking. There are no missing project files, just half of the main project missing. Any advice is much appreciated.

Do a Finder and/or a Spotlight search on fcpproject. See what comes up.
Also, in the Finder, look within the Final Cut Projects folder to find that specific project folder. Within that there should be a folder named Backups with a file named with a timestamp.
Post back and let us know what you find out.
Russ

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BJReis wrote:
. This may be due to somewhat older equipment:
GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro with a 4GB memory computer with Ddr3 running OSX 10.8.4
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