diff --git a/internal/cli/snapshot_import.go b/internal/cli/snapshot_import.go
index 4c7e3e1..2c658ce 100644
--- a/internal/cli/snapshot_import.go
+++ b/internal/cli/snapshot_import.go
@@ -204,23 +204,24 @@ func buildImportConfig(edited *snapshot.Snapshot, dryRun bool) *config.Config {
 		// Invalid URLs are silently skipped — validation at push time will catch them.
 	}
 
-	// Drop Unset prefs at the boundary — they're informational only and
-	// must not propagate into state (which feeds both restore via Plan →
-	// Configure and publish via the remote API). RemoteMacOSPref has no
-	// Unset field by design: the remote config models "what should be
-	// enforced", with no place for "user had no opinion here".
-	cfg.SnapshotMacOS = make([]config.RemoteMacOSPref, 0, len(edited.MacOSPrefs))
-	for _, p := range edited.MacOSPrefs {
-		if p.Unset {
-			continue
-		}
-		cfg.SnapshotMacOS = append(cfg.SnapshotMacOS, config.RemoteMacOSPref{
+	// Pass every pref through, including those marked Unset on capture.
+	// Rationale: catalog defaults exist precisely to encode "what a sane
+	// macOS looks like" — when a user's machine sits at the system default
+	// (which macOS leaves out of the plist), `defaults read` errors and
+	// capture marks the pref Unset with the catalog value as a stand-in.
+	// Filtering those out at publish made the web UI lose entries like
+	// "Show Sound in menu bar" for any user who hadn't explicitly written
+	// the key. Treat Unset purely as informational metadata (still used
+	// by diff to avoid false-positive Missing/Changed).
+	cfg.SnapshotMacOS = make([]config.RemoteMacOSPref, len(edited.MacOSPrefs))
+	for i, p := range edited.MacOSPrefs {
+		cfg.SnapshotMacOS[i] = config.RemoteMacOSPref{
 			Domain: p.Domain,
 			Key:    p.Key,
 			Type:   p.Type,
 			Value:  p.Value,
 			Desc:   p.Desc,
-		})
+		}
 	}
 
 	cfg.SnapshotShellOhMyZsh = edited.Shell.OhMyZsh
diff --git a/internal/cli/snapshot_test.go b/internal/cli/snapshot_test.go
index 1b341dc..a7a79ae 100644
--- a/internal/cli/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/snapshot_test.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestBuildImportConfig_MacOSPrefs(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "Autohide dock", cfg.SnapshotMacOS[0].Desc)
 }
 
-func TestBuildImportConfig_MacOSPrefs_DropsUnset(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBuildImportConfig_MacOSPrefs_PreservesUnset(t *testing.T) {
 	snap := &snapshot.Snapshot{
 		MacOSPrefs: []snapshot.MacOSPref{
 			{Domain: "com.apple.dock", Key: "autohide", Type: "bool", Value: "1", Desc: "set"},
@@ -122,11 +122,14 @@ func TestBuildImportConfig_MacOSPrefs_DropsUnset(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cfg := buildImportConfig(snap, false)
 
-	// Only the two non-Unset prefs propagate into state — the Unset entry
-	// must not become enforced config.
-	require.Len(t, cfg.SnapshotMacOS, 2)
+	// All three prefs propagate. Unset entries carry the catalog default
+	// (the value we want to enforce anyway), so dropping them here would
+	// silently lose categories whose keys aren't in the user's plist —
+	// the exact bug that hid 8/9 Menu Bar items from openboot.dev.
+	require.Len(t, cfg.SnapshotMacOS, 3)
 	assert.Equal(t, "autohide", cfg.SnapshotMacOS[0].Key)
-	assert.Equal(t, "ShowPathbar", cfg.SnapshotMacOS[1].Key)
+	assert.Equal(t, "tilesize", cfg.SnapshotMacOS[1].Key)
+	assert.Equal(t, "ShowPathbar", cfg.SnapshotMacOS[2].Key)
 }
 
 func TestBuildImportConfig_InvalidDotfilesURL_Skipped(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/ui/snapshot_editor.go b/internal/ui/snapshot_editor.go
index 51eefd5..6646412 100644
--- a/internal/ui/snapshot_editor.go
+++ b/internal/ui/snapshot_editor.go
@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@ func NewSnapshotEditor(snap *snapshot.Snapshot) SnapshotEditorModel {
 		if p.Domain == "" || p.Key == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		// Unset prefs default to unselected — the user had no opinion on
-		// the source machine, so don't ship a default value into their
-		// state/remote-config unless they explicitly tick it.
+		// Unset prefs default selected too — Value carries the catalog
+		// default, which is the value we'd want to enforce anyway. The
+		// "(unset)" tag in the description is informational, telling the
+		// user the source machine sits at macOS default for this key.
 		desc := fmt.Sprintf("= %s (%s)", p.Value, p.Desc)
 		if p.Unset {
 			desc = fmt.Sprintf("(unset, default = %s) %s", p.Value, p.Desc)
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func NewSnapshotEditor(snap *snapshot.Snapshot) SnapshotEditorModel {
 		prefItems = append(prefItems, editorItem{
 			name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", p.Domain, p.Key),
 			description: desc,
-			selected:    !p.Unset,
+			selected:    true,
 			itemType:    editorItemMacOSPref,
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ui/snapshot_editor_test.go b/internal/ui/snapshot_editor_test.go
index 5077922..8dabe1f 100644
--- a/internal/ui/snapshot_editor_test.go
+++ b/internal/ui/snapshot_editor_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestNewSnapshotEditorSkipsInvalidMacOSPrefs(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(prefTab.items))
 }
 
-func TestNewSnapshotEditor_UnsetPrefsDefaultUnselected(t *testing.T) {
+func TestNewSnapshotEditor_UnsetPrefsDefaultSelectedWithBadge(t *testing.T) {
 	snap := makeTestSnapshot()
 	snap.MacOSPrefs = []snapshot.MacOSPref{
 		{Domain: "com.apple.dock", Key: "autohide", Value: "true", Desc: "set pref"},
@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@ func TestNewSnapshotEditor_UnsetPrefsDefaultUnselected(t *testing.T) {
 	prefTab := m.tabs[4]
 	require.Len(t, prefTab.items, 2)
 
-	// The order matches insertion order: set pref first, unset second.
-	assert.True(t, prefTab.items[0].selected, "set pref should default to selected")
-	assert.False(t, prefTab.items[1].selected, "unset pref should default to unselected")
+	// Both default selected. The catalog value is what we want to enforce
+	// regardless of whether the source machine had the key in its plist —
+	// dropping unset prefs here is what hid Menu Bar items from publish.
+	assert.True(t, prefTab.items[0].selected, "set pref should default selected")
+	assert.True(t, prefTab.items[1].selected, "unset pref should default selected too")
 	assert.Contains(t, prefTab.items[1].description, "unset",
-		"unset pref description should advertise the (unset) marker")
+		"unset pref keeps the informational (unset) badge in description")
 }
 
 func TestNewSnapshotEditorAllItemsSelected(t *testing.T) {