Lost Lightroom Edits After Renaming and Re-Importing Folder

Hello Experts,
I renamed a folder and it seemed to lose my files. So I re-imported from the same (renamed) folder. Now all my edits are gone. Is there a way to restore my edits? (I am using a Mac, by the way. Just in case that is relevant to the question). I have portraits that are due to my client, so any help that someone can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Josh

Hi Josh
If you rename files or folders using Finder, then Lightroom will no nothing about it and you will have broken the original links in the database. Always rename, move etc, within Lightroom.
Is the original folder still showing up, with missing files? If so you could try to get the files back to their original state on the hard drive and then re-connect the missing files - the thumbnails will have the missing file icon. If you have deleted the original folder; then your only hope is to use a previous catalog backup to turn the clock back.

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