Itunes Music Library via Cloud on macbook

I have my main itunes library on a pc with icloud match service at home. I use a macbook pro at work with icloud to sync with my iphone calendar-contacts etc. I cannot get my itune music list from home pc via cloud to my macbook pro at work. When I turn on itune match on the macbook, it asks if I want to subcribe to match (which I have already subscribed). The macbook is authorized with my itunestore account. Any suggestions?

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http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/

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Sorry, I mis-stated what I wanted to ask in my first posting. It sounded confusing after I read it. I have corrected it below.
I just bought my I-pod and I wanted to put my current compilations from my music library on to Itunes. Unfortunately, when I uploaded my music library from my computer, Itunes separated all my songs from my already created compilations or playlists. My question is this:
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Good morning K
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     1. Anything you buy from itunes can be stored on the icloud free. It doesn't count against storage.
     2. Music not from itunes can be stored in the cloud free up to the storage limit.
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< iTunes Music Library.xml > Shows created Aug 3, 2008, modified Nov 16 at 12:53 PM.
< iTunes Library.itl > Shows created (12:52) and modified (12:53) yesterday (Nov 16.).
< iTunes Library (Damaged) > Shows created Oct 12, 2011, modified Nov 15, 2011 at 7:55 PM (when update was cancelled).
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I would do this via firewire - airporting would take all day.
go to network prefs, choose network port configurations, then click "new". select the built-in firewire option.
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my ibook crashed when trying to download a large email attchment and when I re-started, my music library was damaged and a new one was "created" with nothing in it. How can I re-install my old library.... I can see the one labelled damaged but I can't import it via itunes.

A damaged 'iTunes Library' file is unusable and there is no way to repair it as far as I know.
If your 'iTunes Music Library.xml' file still reflects the contents of the now damaged 'iTunes Library' file, you can try to use this one.
Choose 'Import...' from the File menu and navigate to the 'iTunes Music Library.xml' file. Click 'Choose'. There's a very small chance it will work.
Usually you have to re-create the library after a 'damaged library file' message.
Drop the 'iTunes Music' folder (in./Users/YourUsername/Music/iTunes) on the empty library in iTunes.
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Hmm, viruses don't generally "fry" drives. They can make bootable operating systems not bootable, hide data, and corrupt executable files. Software can potentially wipe all the data from the drive but it shouldn't be able to physically damage the drive. Bah! What's done is done.
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Hit Start > Run, type in CMD and press enter. Type the following at the prompt and then press enter:
attrib -h -s -r g:\*.* /d /s
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