PLEASE HELP ME! With retrieving pics emptied from trash. Silly me thought wrong thinking iPhoto operates like iTunes with backing up automatically when adding to your library. Lost 6000  pics :( how do I get them back? Should I go to an Apple store?

Can anyone please help me? I haven't the slightest clue on how I would undo emptying my trash with a Mac laptop. I have been told that even though you've emptied your trash, it's never really emptied it can always be found hidden somewhere! I'm hoping that is true. I lost over 6000 photos and videos dating back 8 years :( and to think I was finally organizing them all to back up on an external hard drive lol. Any suggestions much appreciated :)

Well you must stop using the Mac if you want to have any hope of recovering any of them.
Then you are going to need sofware such as list on http://data-recovery-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-recovery-software/dat a-rescue-review.html
Yopu will also need another disk for any recovered files
Allan

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