I want to use iTunes match as "client-only" on one of my computers.

I have an iTunes library at home that is currently sending everything up to Match.  I have my laptop at work that I just want to be able to listen to music from iCloud on.  The laptop has an empty iTunes library, but whenever I click "Add Computer" under iTunes Match, it says it will cancel the matching going on from my other (full) library.

Chris CA wrote:
mjbanks wrote:
I connected my work iMac today (no local music) and have been streaming my iTunes Match Library all day. No songs have been downloaded locally. You have to click the iCloud Download buttons to actually download the music on another Mac.
Looks like it may be caching the files (sort of an enhanced stream) and not putting them into the iTunes folder.
Play a song in the cloud, turn off internet and play the song again. If it is cached, it will play. If is is simply streamed, it won't.
The cache has a short lifetime - might be on reboot (haven't verified), but you're right, it is caching locally as you play.

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