Read Only or "Locked" format on photos on Elements 9 Organizer

I haven't been able to delete or edit any of my pictures from my catalog on my elements 9 organizer for the past week! I'm running Elements 9 on my newly purchased MacBook Pro, so I'm not too familiar with anything on this system as I've always used Windows with my photoshop in the past. All of my 422 photos in my catalog are a hourglass symbol instead of the actual photo and anytime I try to delete the photo an error message pops up and says "Error Deleting Media", file is either in read only format or locked. I cannot figure out how to fix this and I've tried everything! There is something obviously wrong with the files so at this point, I just want them completely deleted from the organizer and my hard drive. If anyone could offer any insight, I would GREATLY appreciate it. Thank you!

When I did the command "i" on my photo, it just brought up a box that said it was searching for the missing files and then asked me to reconnect the file. It will not let me reconnect anything though. When this first happened a few days ago, there were only about 4 photos that showed the hourglass symbol and now, all 422 "photos" show the hourglass symbol.

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