# Mac McAfee Miner: Create New Wallet File **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.safex.org/t/mac-mcafee-miner-create-new-wallet-file/5617 "2018-12-23T14:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SafeTripHome](https://forum.safex.org/user_avatar/forum.safex.org/safetriphome/32/1975_2.png) [@SafeTripHome](https://forum.safex.org/u/SafeTripHome)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.safex.org/t/mac-mcafee-miner-create-new-wallet-file/5617/1 "2018-12-23T14:13:22Z")
I’m using the Mac version of the McAfee miner. When I create a new wallet file, create the password and then save the file to a location it creates 2 different files. One is a .keys file, and the other is just a text edit document. The text edit document appears to be encrypted when I open it and the .keys file isn’t a recognizable file. I’ve tried saving them to a flash drive and they appear as terminal files. I guess I was under the impression those files would have an unsafex file showing new pub and sec addresses. ---
**Author:** ![Rich.bate](https://forum.safex.org/user_avatar/forum.safex.org/rich.bate/32/2123_2.png) [@Rich.bate](https://forum.safex.org/u/Rich.bate)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.safex.org/t/mac-mcafee-miner-create-new-wallet-file/5617/2 "2018-12-23T19:00:23Z")
They’re encrypted. The Safex blockchain operates in a different way to the old Safex/BTC blockchain, in how wallets etc are restored. You can restore your keys at any time with the wallet files you’ve mentioned. It’s 100% important that you keep these files and ensure they’re secure and backed up. ---
**Author:** ![SafeTripHome](https://forum.safex.org/user_avatar/forum.safex.org/safetriphome/32/1975_2.png) [@SafeTripHome](https://forum.safex.org/u/SafeTripHome)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.safex.org/t/mac-mcafee-miner-create-new-wallet-file/5617/3 "2018-12-23T23:38:33Z")
Ok thanks Rich! ---
**Author:** ![dandabek](https://forum.safex.org/user_avatar/forum.safex.org/dandabek/32/268_2.png) [@dandabek](https://forum.safex.org/u/dandabek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.safex.org/t/mac-mcafee-miner-create-new-wallet-file/5617/4 "2018-12-25T10:08:18Z")
I think a button “show keys” could be added in case you wanted to expose the keys to save somewhere ---
**Author:** ![SafeTripHome](https://forum.safex.org/user_avatar/forum.safex.org/safetriphome/32/1975_2.png) [@SafeTripHome](https://forum.safex.org/u/SafeTripHome)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.safex.org/t/mac-mcafee-miner-create-new-wallet-file/5617/5 "2018-12-25T14:49:20Z")
That would be nice for a future revision. I like to back up my keys on paper too.