"help" windows help

When I click on the help button in the menu bar under an app such as safari or itunes, the help menu is on top of other windows and i cannot get the other windows to come to the front without closing the help window. I would like to leave the window open, so i can refer back to it while working in the app. Any help would be great, thanks.

A very simple Terminal command will bring back the old behavior. Just launch Terminal from your Utilities, then copy and paste this:
defaults write com.apple.helpviewer NormalWindow -bool true
Press the Return key. That's it. Help windows will stay behind the other windows until you click on them to bring them forward. But be sure to give Apple some feedback about how idiotic the default behavior is.
Francine
Francine
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