Lightroom folder restoration

I have all my photos stored in a folder entitled LR photos. I went into my built in hard drive on my iMac and decided to erase all the old LR backups since I thought I didn't need them. I thought that all I needed was the latest LR folder but when I opened up LR all my latest photos and the corresponding sections that I put them in were not up to date. How do I go and restore the latest version of my backups. I did go into the trash and put all of the folders back where they belonged so I know I did't lose the photos but I need to restore the latest version. Also, I had used the latest date on the folders but apparently that did not bring all my latest photos and categories back. Thank you for any help on this issue.
Glenn

Hi Jim,
I did look on the internet and fortunately I found that all I had to do was
to go to the Catalogue section and reinstall the backup. I hit the panic
button but all is good now. I was referring to the folder that contained
my catalogue. I was able to restore it and now all is good-phew!
But I am wondering-can I delete the old backups without endangering all the
work I put into categorizing my photos? They do take up a lot of space.
Thanks for getting back to me on my original question.
Glenn
Glenn Bailey, Ph.D., M.A.
Licensed Psychologist
"A merry heart does good like medicine." Proverbs 17:22a

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