📍 Mac: /Users/[YourName]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator [Version] Settings/en_US/Adobe Illustrator Prefs/DataRecovery
You CAN recover a lost or corrupted AI file — here’s how (before you panic) recover ai file
File > Open → select the corrupt .ai → while clicking Open recover ai file
Look for files with .ait or numbered backups. recover ai file
You’d be surprised what’s still there.
📍 Windows: C:\Users\[YourName]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [Version] Settings\en_US\x64\DataRecovery
Illustrator autosaves in the background.