ICloud Match not streaming from my iMac

Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but my matched Itunes songs won't stream from my Imac. I can only play songs if I download them. I am able to download the songs, then play them, but I thought streaming was possible from desktops (i.e. non ios devices). My MBP streams plays/streams my non-downloaded Itunes match songs without a problem. I tried turning match on and off, checked there are no parental controls etc. Thanks for any help out there.

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