Hi,

I’ve tried the Apple support forums as well as a few others and haven’t had any luck. While I’m not necessarily expecting people to tell me I can get these originals back, I’d like to know how it effects me as far as sharing/printing/etc.  I had a few problems with my 2011 MBP and ended up with a new hard drive. Awesome, got everything back from a Time Machine Backup, life is good. However, when moving around the reference files for 2500 pictures in Aperture from one external HD to another, things got weird.

I DID use File>Relocate Originals in Aperture, but somehow along the way 971 of my originals have gone missing. Previews are fine in Aperture, no problem. So my question is, can I get these originals back? Most were NEF/RAWs, but a few original JPGs in there too. All of these pictures are on Flickr as well. Is there any way to get them back, given the previews/Flickr are still fine?

Or, does it really matter? As long as the previews/Flickr work (so I can share them), is there no reason to freak out about not having the originals?