Lost hundreds of photos

Updated my computers (MacBook Pro and iMac) to Yosemite (10.11.4) earlier.

The iMac iPhotos library resided in an external right here.  Still doesn't work.

Yesterday, I decided to move all my photos of the MacBook Pro on the iMac, so I would have them all in one place.

I chose to put the 2,000 + more photos that were on the MacBook Pro on a Toshiba 32 GB flash drive.   That's happened.

My plan was to import these pictures 2000 + from the flash drive in the iMac Photos.

It is then the part that may have caused a problem, but I'm confused as to what exactly happened.  Photos 2000 + now are photos ONLY in Photos iMac program and the iMac is "saying" that the Toshiba flash drive where my photo library.

I know he has more photos in the photo library of the iMac and the thought that the 2000 + would be simply added to them.   That is not the case.  Other photos disappeared.

Meanwhile, on the external drive where my original iPhotos Library lives, I'm afraid to open it for fear it will migrate to the iMac Photos Toshiba mess.   I think I read somewhere that.  In any case I don't want to dig this deep hole.

Any help would be appreciated.  I know it's confusing.  Have tried to make it as clear as possible.

Pat

If you have a library of Photos on the flash drive, you must open the original library (hold down the option key while launching Photos and choose the library to open)

I believe that you have at least two libraries and there is no way to merge libraries on the Mac

the two ways with their own disadvantages are to use iCloud photo library and download all the pictures on it or use the merge of PowerPhotos function

LN

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