Itunes Match - 2nd Computer/Library

I have bought and set up itunes match on a macbook pro. I am now on a second laptop - a macbook air. I emptied the itunes library from the air and then turned on itunes match. playlists and their songs from the macbook pro's library have appeared, but not songs in the library. How do I get the songs in the library to appear. Settings are on view music/songs in icloud, I am logged into the same account. I see the music in the playlists, but not the library. What do I do?

Hi,
If you have set up a new iTunes library on your MacBook Air and signed into match, you should see all the music that that you have in the cloud irrespective of whether you are viewing a playlist or all you music in song view. The difference is that all you music in cloud will have the download icon on the MacBook Air.
Jim

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