How can I view package contents in Snow Leopard?

And when you click on an application or other items that are folder-type and made to look like a single entity, you can't navigate inside?

I'm aware that the "Show Package Contents" option was removed in 10.5 and no longer exists,

I still have "Show Package Contents" in apps that I have downloaded since installing Snow Leopard. Can you tell us which apps you are having issues with?

The system they were created is Intel, and trying to view on PowerMac (and different OS). Been too long since I used PPC and then it was 10.4.x

AFAIK, Apple's changed some installers from being packages which are just folders masquerading as a single item, but has recently switched to self-contained items that cannot be opened using show package contents. So, if you're trying to open one of those, you can't. BTW, Leopard and Snow Leopard can open any package if it's not one of the new ones.

However, your question is better asked at the developer forums under OS X Technologies.

has recently switched to self-contained items that cannot be opened using show package contents. *So, if you're trying to open one of those, you can't.*

Not even with Pacifist?

Pacifist will display the contents of these, but there's no way, AFAIK, that you can replace something inside of it with something else. BTW, if the OP is mucking with Apple's packages that aren't the old style, then he shouldn't be.

If you just want to see inside a package, [Suspicious Package|http://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage> is a nice QuickLook plugin.

Thanks. Like Pacifist, it's good for viewing the contents, but doesn't help the OP.

The POSIX path is

/Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/Resources/Flat Package Editor.app