iTunes Match songs greyed out on 2nd PC everytime I relaunch iTunes?

i have the same problem (PC win7 and the last version Itunes )

Vann

any UPDATE????

No, and I've been back and forth with Apple support for weeks. Today it worked fine and then an hour later I exited and re-launched iTunes, back to the same issue. I just see the "activity" cloud icon next to my music library, and it stays that way forever.

This is ridiculous. How can we report this bug?

I am also experiencing this problem on a 2nd Machine Win7. Mac seems to work fine for me. Re-Launching the app does not fix the problem. Will start playing with Restarting and de auth/re auth.

Easy solution. iTunes Match AND Home Sharing can't be on for the second system. Turn off Match for the second computer, turn on Home Sharing and you're good to go.

I have the same problem...everytime i close itunes and open it again i cannot access to itunes match...the only way is to sign out and sign in again to itunes match - very annoying!

turning off home sharing doesnt help at all!

Why is it called apple support???? got no help at all!

This doesn't make sense. If I turn off iTunes Match on the second computer then any playlists I create on the second computer won't be uploaded to Match or to the first computer. And playlists I create on my iPhone or iPad won't download to the second computer. The whole point for me was to be able to create playlists on any device and access them anywhere. The only solution that works 100% of the time (for me) is to periodically turn off iTunes Match on the second computer and turn it back on. Annoying but effective.

Is this user friendly? Its like i have to turn my iphone off an on again if i want to make a phone call...

any other solutions for the problem would be appreciated - Thanks

I found the following on the iPhoneWriter.com website... Thankfully, it worked for me (although it take a little time).

Many people are encountering issues syncing their Music, Movies and/or TV Shows with their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. We're happy to report that the iPhoneWriter.Com team has successfully tested the following fix on multiple iDevices.

1) Select the iPhone, iPad or iPod in the iTunes "Devices" section.

2) Drill down into the Music, Movies or TV Shows section that is having issues with greyed out items.

3) Determine the Song(s), Movie(s) or TV Show(s) with the issue.

4) Within the Library in iTunes, drill down into the corresponding Music, Movies or TV Shows section that matches the section with greyed out items.

5) Select the Song(s), Movie(s) or TV Show(s) with the issue.

6) Right-Click selected item(s) and choose the "Get Info" option from the pop-up menu.

7) Select the "Options" tab.

8) Reverse the "Part Of A Compliation" option:

* if the option is currently checked, uncheck it.

* if the option is currently un-checked, check it.

* if the option is currently un-checked and the correspnding drop-down menu

says "No", than check it and select the "Yes" option.

* if the option is currently checked and the correspnding drop-down menu

says "Yes", than check it and select the "No" option.

Finally, after you've addressed all of the greyed out items:

9) Click the "OK" or "Apply" button.

10) Re-Sync your iDevice.

NOTE: For some greyed out items, we had to repeat the steps above multiple times (reversing the setting each time).

While we all utlimately have the same problem, we don't all have the same cause, there are likely several potential solutions for both Mac and Windows users... problem being that no one solution works for everyone's particular situtation.

Hopefully, this will turn out to be something that will work for you.

Was having the same issue, disabling Home Sharing on the affected computer solved the problem for me.

Okay, I think I may have fixed it for me! I removed ALL of my playlists. And now I can close/re-open iTunes and it connects to the cloud properly every time. And doesn't even ask for my password on startup.

So something with playlists is causing this bug, it appears, at least in my scenario.

OK this is wierd. It sounds like different solutions work for the same problem. I disabled Home sharing and then turned off iMatch. Then turned iMatch back on and the songs can now be played. I then closed iTunes and re-opened and can still play the songs in "Music". The lightening bolt in the cloud is gone. Looks good, just hope I haven't knocked off one of the other computers.

I'm happy to report that the new iTunes 10.6 update fixed this problem for me. After installing iTunes 10.6 I deactivated iTunes / reactivated iTunes Match and then everything worked fine! All the other solutions posted hadn't helped me, so if you are still with this problem give it a try.

Yes the new itunes update 10.6. solved the problem for me too....everything is working fine now!

Looks fine here too. Finally! 🙂