If Illustrator crashes, the first thing you should do is simply .
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To avoid losing your Illustrator files in the future: If Illustrator crashes, the first thing you should
Look for files ending in .tmp or _recovery . If you find one, copy it to your desktop and change the extension to .ai . If Illustrator crashes
There are few sounds more chilling to a designer than the sudden whirr-stop of a laptop fan, followed by a frozen cursor. Whether it’s a power outage, an unexpected system crash, or the dreaded "Illustrator has stopped responding" dialog box, losing hours of vector work is a nightmare.
If autosave is enabled, you can try to recover your file by: