Viewing photos that are stored in outdated digital formats
By Steve Alexander, Star Tribune
May 9, 2021 — 2:00pm
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Frank Bayona, Kenner, La.
A: Photo files with the ".max" suffix were scanned from printed pictures by a program called ScanSoft PaperPort. Ideally, you would open those photos with that software, but it's no longer available. However, the program is now sold under a different name, Kofax PaperPort, for $99 (see tinyurl.com/mh4u8jrb). If you don't want to spend that much, you can get a 15-day free-trial of Kofax PaperPort (see tinyurl.com/8m57nhue).
Note that, to use the PaperPort free trial, you must give your name and e-mail address. You must then download the program as a compressed file (makes the file smaller so that it downloads faster.) It can be opened by pressing "Unzip" in the installation menu.