Illustrator cant open files and have troubles saving.

I have some issues with Illustrator CC on my mac. Sometimes when I try to open a file it says its not enough memory to open the drawing. And also, sometimes I cant save my work, I think it is when Illustrator has been open for a while. I cant save, I cant copy my work, I cant put it in CC Library, the only option is to close iIllustrator and start all over... Anyone got a tip?

Miranda,
Open/save difficulties:
I believe it is a bug in CC2014, appearing when you have the Illustrator open/place dialogue set to column view and sort by date or sort by kind. You may change it to view by name or list view.
https://forums.adobe.com/message/7145022#7145022
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1723170
https://forums.adobe.com/message/7183002#7183002
External media:
It is always recommended here to open/save from/to own hard disk, and to copy from/to networks and removable media. You may be lucky (for a while), but the chances of file corruption and other unpleasantnesses are immensely greater when you use anything but the harddisk, and it is better to be safe than sorry.
In addition to the (far greater) risk of file corruption, some issues are mentioned here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/illustrator-support-networks-removable-media.html

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