Adobe Illustrator keeps saving multiple files of a file I keep resaving?

[kjsedgie]

Every time I have saved a file on ai after I make changes to a file, lately it creates multiple new files rather than just resaving the original file under the same name. For instance, if my file was named "JoeShmo_NewPckgDesign.ai" and I saved it 3 different times throughout the day, it will not override this same file and save it with the new changes under this name. Instead, three completely new files called "JoeShmo_NewPckgDesign 1.ai," "JoeShmo_NewPckgDesign 2.ai," and "JoeShmo_NewPckgDesign 3.ai" show up on my desktop....? Therefore the file with the highest number becomes the latest edition, rather than the actual one I am working on in ai. This is making me unsure which files I should be deleting. How do I stop this from happening? I am running out of storage on my computer and this new feature is NOT helping....

[jimp87522270]

Interesting. Don't remember the ability to have both open at the same time and working on one while previewing the changes on the other. Of course you still had to go to the View menu to open the second copy - it didn't happen magically like the issue I just had. But thanks for the info (as always).