Lost Project in Final Cut Pro X

I lost my entire project in FCP X. I edited for a couple of days and was very irritated by not being able to save it (though I checked on the internet and as everybody is talking about it I trusted that FCP X would save automatically). When I restarted the computer and programme there was only my imported files left in the Event Library (with their very current names, strangely enough), but the entire timeline and project was empty.
I went to Movies- FCP X- Project and opened the current version, but it's the same. They are just empty frames and I can find nothing of what I edited.
I know that many complained about losing bits and pieces with FCP X, but I wonder if there is a solution for losing the entire project!
Also, I'm using a free trial version but read that there are no limitations so I don't think this is the reason. Please reply if you have any idea what could be going on! Thank you.

Get "Preference Manager" from Digital Rebellion, it's free, and use it to delete the FCP X preferences.
If that doens't fix it, move the FCP X application from the Applications folder to the trash and download it again.

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