Itunes match turning library into download/stream only!! HELP

OK I'm getting sick of this!
I imported all my songs from my last library on another computer to my new computer.
They were all in itunes and fine and I could play them all.
Now I turn itunes match on....it does its thing and matches them all and then after its done......mt entire library turns into the download symbol on each track.
ALL my songs are still in the itunes music folder on my computer but for some reason itunes match has made them all download/stream only now...
I dont want to press download on all the tracks for fear of them dubling up on my computer.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP??? I've been trying to fix this thing for 3 days now.
I'm on itunes 11 - mountain lion

i am having the exact same issue - had itunes match since day one without problems and now nothing else will upload

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I have turned this functionality off in my iPhone 4s so that all music that appears on this device, should be music that is physically stored on the device.
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Yes, the problem is solely iTunes Match.
Essentially what I think is happening (in layman's terms), is the Phone is not "recognising" that iTunes Match is now turned off. Ie, it's not "refreshing" the songs/albums/cloud status on the phone if the iTunes Match service/functionality is toggled on then off. Its as if the service is still running in the background.
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The only way I even discovered this problem was when I checked my data use and noticed it was quite large. Even though I had Match off, my Music app would be streaming songs stored in the Cloud!
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Since discovering this problem, I chose to do an "Erase all contents and settings" and setup my iPhone4s all over again. Leaving iTunes Match off since, I have used only iTunes on my PC to put music onto my phone (and haven't switched Match on again on my iPhone since). No cloud icons have been showing since and no weird streaming or downloading issues have followed.
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I'm sorry to hear you are having these issues on your iPhone. If you continue to have issues with iTunes Match, you may find the information and troublehshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful:
How to troubleshoot iTunes Match - Apple Support
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- Brenden

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Need some advice on a problem I have encountered. Not a techophobe so please be gentle.
After sending all my music files to the iCloud I presumed that I could delete my music library from my pc. Not from iTunes but 'music' folder on Pc (windows vista) to create some space.
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Just highlight all of the songs with the exclamation point and DO NOT CHECK THE BOX THAT SAYS DELETE FROM ICLOUD TOO.
I REPEAT TO DO PRESS THE BOX THAT SAYS DELETE FROM ICLOUD TOO.
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I have signed up to iTunes Match and uploaded my entire music collection to the service.
I have turned this functionality off in my iPhone 4s so that all music that appears on this device, should be music that is physically stored on the device.
However, next to some albums/artists, a "cloud" icon is still showing.
My first question is, what does this icon mean?
Secondly, I cannot understand why this icon appears to some content and not others (see below).
Again, all my music I have matched or uploaded to the "cloud" via iTunes Match (Windows) but with Match turned off, the icon is still appearing for some reason and only next to some content not all.
Interestingly, no cloud icon whatsoever shows next to any individual song (under the "Songs" tab) regardless of what shows under "Albums" or "Artists" tabs:
I am at a complete loss.
I have turned iTunes Match on then off on the iPhone4s to try and correct the issue but no joy.
Can anyone help?

londonman2 wrote:
Hi Michael,
Though I've solved that particular problem there's still two issues with regard iTunes Match.
Number one, I'm genuinely worried about switching it on again on my iPhone. As soon as you enable it it threatens to 'replace' the music that is already on the phone and that to me is where things start to go wrong.
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Secondly, on my phone currently I have just 120 songs all of which 'exist' on the phone with 'Manually manage music and video's' AND 'Sync only checked songs and videos' as my iTunes set up under options...
With iTunes Match enabled on your iPhone, those settings no longer apply. Direct syncing of music via USB or Wi Fi is disabled and all music management will take place on the iPhone.
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However, if you look at the attached screen shot the unticked songs are still appearing in the list but I have deleted these from the phone. These were the leftovers of my last iTunes Match download across a 3G network last week and won't disappear from the list even though they're unchecked.
What version of iOS is on your iPhone? This was a pretty serious bug in iOS 5.0.1, which was fixed in 5.1. But for some people, me included, it required restoring the iOS device to factory, then restoring the backup before the "ghost tracks" would go away.

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