Mac Illustrator CS4 creating duplicate files when saving

Hi! All of a sudden, when I save illustrator eps files... I'm getting two files.... file.eps and file-01.eps. They are identical. How can I turn this feature off? I'm not sure how I turned it on! Thanks!
Julie

At the lower left of the Save Dialog try turning off Use Artboards.

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