I installed the test version I was using, updated and got the projects… so could have been a glitch or could have been it undid some restriction I had set… don’t know now but I’m happy everything is sorted.
sometimes if you type a search term in, it will filter out anything not matching. I’ve had moments where I accidentally go to the search field and enter text. Then I freak out and quickly look at the search field if I accidentally did type something in.