Lost the thumbnails in safari top sites homepage.

Ok, confession time... I think I actually turned them off playing around with a free trial of Cocktail.
Then, the next time I launched cocktail, it told me I had reached the end of my free trial and wouldn't let me do anything, i hadn't even realiseed that I was on a time limit!
So, now when I launch a new safari page the thumbnails have been replaced by black spaces weith the little compass icon
Well, I don't actually need Cocktail and I don't want to spend the money. Also I'm thinking, if Cocktail can turn them off, there must be a terminal cmd to turn them back on.
Any ideas?

Yes, I've seen this reply to other people who've asked a similar question, but I can swear that until yesterday I was seeing a page with '+' signs on it when I opened a new tab.
And I'm running Safari on iPad with iOS6.0.1...
Just saying is all...

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You know that when you create a new tab in iOS6 Safari for iPad, a page pops up with '+' signs to which you can attach pages. It's a mobile version of the desktop Safari's Top Sites, right?
Except on mine I've lost this. Ever since I mistakenly clicked on a site's button saying 'make this page your homepage', I now only see a blank screen when I create a new tab instead.
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Yes, I've seen this reply to other people who've asked a similar question, but I can swear that until yesterday I was seeing a page with '+' signs on it when I opened a new tab.
And I'm running Safari on iPad with iOS6.0.1...
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Try troubleshooting Safari extensions.
From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that helped, turn one extension on then quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If it's not an extension issue, open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
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Hello lyon09,
Unfortunately i have not yet made it to the Genius Bar as of yet. I ended up canceling the appointment i re-scheduled too and haven't made another one. Basically, i was only gonna go in just because i said the Battery gave me a "Service Battery" error message, which means that "the battery isn’t functioning normally, and you may or may not notice a change in its behavior or the amount of charge it holds. Have your computer checked by an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP). You can continue to use your battery before it’s checked without harming your computer."
So that was gonna be my main reason for going in there, and at that time discussing and showing him what Top Sites is doing to me.
1. Top Sites has a distorted graphics that have been there since 10.6 came out....10.6.1 was supposed to fix it, did not....then 10.6.2 was supposed to fix it, and as of right now it still is not fixed.
I have done an Archive & Install with no success.
2. Battery showed me that Service Battery error message just that one evening. My battery was drained completely and when i plugged it in and got it working again, the Service Battery error was there for about 45 minutes or so until it got a sufficient charge it decided it would go away. I haven't seen it since.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/20865.html
It has now been about a week since i last saw that message.
That was my main reason for canceling the Genius Bar appointment, because the battery seems to be working for the time being. If i see that message again though, then i won't hesitate to take it in.
I'm starting to wonder now though, should i just take it in anyways. Because if i saw that message, on the battery, and they need to replace that - then if there is some other reason for the distorted graphics in Top Sites, like maybe the Logic Board....then i want to get it fixed. It's under warranty for 3 years.
I just haven't found reason other than having that fluke Service Battery message to go in and have it checked out. If my video gets really whacked out or i see that battery message again, then i'll go promptly.
Does anybody else have any input on this? Thanks!
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Can anyone help?
Thanks.

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It should update the page automatically.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Safari/TopSites.plist
Click Go then move the TopSites.plist file to the Trash.
Quit and relaunch Safari. See if pages update automatically in Top Sites.

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I have been trying to remove history and top site data form safari, i already tried:
1- reset safary (all options checked)
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2- Clear history
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3- Remove All Web Site Data
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4- Edit Top Sites:
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I tried them one by one, all together, close and reopen safari, restart the mac and shutdown, regardles of what i do the top sites will always come back, history is always gone, i read diferent post and get all the suggested ideas that i have used but so far top sites are always back.
Im on a macbook air 13" mid-2012, runing Mac OS X(10.8.4)
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hi,
Yes im logged as admin, the problem is with "Top Sites" only, everything else get removed without any problem.
I just notice that it happen when i clear history and select "Reset Top Sites" if i do that then the top sites will be recreated out of nowhere. so i have to uncheck "Reset Top Sites" (on clear history or reset safari option).
The link you send explain why it happen but still is kind of anoying to have things that i have never use there.
Reset Top Sites:
Clears any changes you made to Top Sites, such as adding or pinning sites. If you also clear your history, your Top Sites page reverts to showing the webpage previews displayed when you first installed Safari.
The "solution" was
1- History > Show Top Sites
2- Edit
3- Remove all Top Sites
4- Uncheck "Reset Top Sites" from any clear option (Clear History and Reset Safari)
second solution... I installed chrome
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Open the Finder. Click Go from the Finder menu bar then click Go to Folder.
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~/Library/Safari
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Hey guys.
Need to join the desperate team. My Top sites wont allow any other manually added site - it will get deleted right after i restart safari.
I have checked the other forums where were suggestion for binning the com.apple.safari and top sites plist - doesn't work. Standard cleaning procedure like emptying cash, reseting safari or not too standard binning some preferences files - not working. None of them is in banned sites - i binned it also
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