[benign]

I am running 10.4.4 with Illustrator CS 2 and when saving
in the default '.AI' format the finder in turning them into
Preview formatted PDF format files that when double clicked
open in Preview - It's driving me mad...

Is there a fix ?

[chabig]

Method 1:

1. Select one in the Finder
2. Choose Get Info from the File menu
3. In the Open With tab, choose Illustrator
4. Click "Change All"

Method 2:

1. Right click on one in the Finder
2. Choose Open With...Other from the contextual menu
3. Choose Illustrator
4. Put and checkmark in Always Open With
5. Click Open

[benign]

While that was my first thought too - Illustrator turns the
files into 'Previews Generic PDF' and making Illustrator the
default for opening PDFs is not my idea of a solution.


I have noticed that all Photoshop Jpegs and occasionally PSDs
are also turned into the generic Preview file format.

[chabig]

Originally Posted by benign

While that was my first thought too - Illustrator turns the files into 'Previews Generic PDF' and making Illustrator the default for opening PDFs is not my idea of a solution.

I agree that you don't want Illustrator the default for opening PDFs. But doing what I suggest would not accomplish that. You will only be changing the default application for "*.ai" files, not pdfs.

Chris