Will music match alter the music files on the mac if they were cd imports in lossless format?

Will music match alter the music files on my mac if they were cd imports in lossless format?

Songs on your computer do not get replaced. You have to delete then redownload them
If the songs are not Matched, they will be uploaded from your computer in whatever format they currently are.
However, the iTunes Match license states, "If the song is not successfully matched, your copy of the song will be uploaded to Apple in the same format or a format determined by Apple" so they could get re-encoded.
If the songs do match and you downlaod them, they will be 256 kbps AAC.

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