I have lost most of my pictures with iphoto 11. What should I do to find the thousands of missing photos ?, I have lost most of my pictures with iphoto 11. What should I do to find the thousands of missing photos ?

Well everyhting is in the title. I am extremely bad in computing. So if someone can answer, I won't be offended if you can explain like if I were a 5 yo child. a big thank you

Right click and "Show Package Contents" on your iPhoto Library file, it's actually a folder and inside is a folder called Originals, use the Finder to Duplicate that and move OriginalsCopy out to a safe place..
Rebuild the iPhoto database, see if that corrects your problem.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2638

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