ITunes Match master account for updates

Is there a MASTER computer/mac/pc/itunes library that the cloud pulls information from and sends back too? I am "cleaning" up my itunes to include deleting duplicates, adding missing artwork and combining the compilations together such as the "NOW! That is what I call Music" CD's. I have spend days and hours making one machine right. I have some 23 thousand songs.
I want all my Macs (I have 4), my PC's (2) and my iPhones, Touch and iPads to have all the same artwork and compilations together. It does not seem to work as I expect it to.
Am I waisting my time doing all of this cleanup work? I also am running into this a lot. After I became a match user my itunes library has doubled. Why are my albums showen doubled? One on my iTunes and the other in the cloud?

ferdbird wrote:
Is there a MASTER computer/mac/pc/itunes library that the cloud pulls information from and sends back too? I am "cleaning" up my itunes to include deleting duplicates, adding missing artwork and combining the compilations together such as the "NOW! That is what I call Music" CD's. I have spend days and hours making one machine right. I have some 23 thousand songs.
When you enable iTunes Match the cloud is what becomes the "master" library. Although, I know I think of my laptop as the "master" that's not really how it works. However, what you can do is keep the actual files in only one iTunes library for purposes of keeping ID3 tags up to date. Any changes made in that library will then be automatically propagated out to all associated devices.
ferdbird wrote:
Am I waisting my time doing all of this cleanup work? I also am running into this a lot. After I became a match user my itunes library has doubled. Why are my albums showen doubled? One on my iTunes and the other in the cloud?
Did you purchase this particular album from the iTunes Store? If so you may be able to fix this particular one by deleting it from the iTunes library, and the cloud, then downloading it again from your purchase history. Just be sure you have a current backup first. You don't want to delete something and not be able to recover it.

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