Why my Adobe Illustrator slow/quits in opening files & moving/copying with more than 10 artboards?

[WanderElla]

Why is my Adobe Illustrator slow/quits in opening files & moving/copying items with more than 10 artboards?

The file is 1GB and when I open it, my illustrator always crashes or quits or stops working.
The other file is 890MB.

Is there a problem with my ram?
If I upgrade it, will it fix my problem?

I only open Adobe Illustrator, Google Chrome, WhatsApp, and Spark. I usually close them after I got what I need so only Illustrator is left. 

[italosan]

Hi, could you tell us where your files are saved? Support for external memory or on your iMac?

[WanderElla]

It's save it the desktop. No support for external memory. 

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

8 GB of memory is just barely the minimum.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/system-requirements.html

[WanderElla]

Thank you so much. I am planning on upgrading to add 2 more 16GB RAM. I will update you once resolved.