PSE 6 Layer Mask & OS 10.6.2

I'm looking to add layer mask capability to PSE6 on a mac with Snow Leopard and have seen the download from here:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/qt/layermasktool.htm
but the instructions specifically reference OS 10.4 and 10.5 but not Snow Leopard:
"Mac Installer: Download and Run Layer_Mask_Tool.dmg for Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5. Special thanks to Andrew Bartlett for creating the installer package for Macintosh."
Can anyone confirm if this does/doesn't work with Snow Leopard?  Is there another solution for OS 10.6?
thanks

As Barbara says. This may also help.
http://easymactips.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated -max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=30

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