Lost my latest library photos on Aperture

ok, i feel awful...I just lost my latest library photos on Apperture and have no idea how can I recover them??is there any solution?

Hopefully, you have a Time Machine backup somewhere... ???
I've noticed that Aperture has a tendency to 'forget' where it's projects are sometimes. It's just a matter of closing and reopening Aperture to get it sorted.
Worst case scenario; you'll need some kind of data recovery software. If all of your pics were on your computer and they got deleted somehow, you should be able to get some of them back. Just search Google for 'mac data recovery' and see what's best recommended. You'll probably need a 2nd hard drive, as recovery software usually needs some place to dump everything it finds.

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