How do I prevent iTunes Match from removing edits I've made?

So I have all of my songs on my desktop harddrive, but I use iTunes match so I can also listen to them on there.
I edited a bunch of items on iTunes (track #'s etc) on my laptop. When I updated itunes match, all of the edits I made dissappears and what was on there before came back.
Dos anyone know why this is? And also if I can retrieve these missing edits? I've edited information on my laptop before for items on iCloud but they saved properly even after I updated iTunes match.
Thanks!

Hi,
There is no need to select update iTunes Match. It does not do what you expect i.e it pulls info from match rather than change it. Any change should filter naturally through to match.
Jim

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