Short story of my "mess up":
I did a full catalog backup on Dec. 19th.
I did more editing the next ~10days.
Often opening and closing LR 4 w/o doing a backup, but still able to go back to where I left off.
I, unknowing of the consequence, deleted ~5 out of 10 of old catalogs (which were pushing 2gb).
I reopen LR4 and it wants to open Oct.24th catalog. (why?).
I decide to open the Dec. 19 catalog...
Now I'm seeing the photos at the state I saved them on Dec. 19th. (makes sense).
My Q:
Since LR was obviously saving my editingsomewhere b/c I was able to close/reopen exactly where I left off...
Is it possible for me to get back to any of post-Dec19 state??
::fingers-crossed::
TECH INFO:
Using LR 4.3 on OS X 10.6.8