How to set Top Sites as homepage in Safari 6?

I'm unable to set Top Sites as my homepage in Safari 6 on Mountain Lion.

Navigate to the topsite you want to set as your home page then go to Safari > Preferernces > General.
Click:  Set to Current Page
You can open new windows and tabs in Top Sites from the pop up menus.
If you have trouble with that, quit Safari then open the Finder.
From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy / paste:   ~/Library/Safari
Click Go then move the TopSites.plist file from the Safari folder to the Trash.
Relaunch Safari.

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