Inelgible for Icloud

If you purchased the tracks with another Apple ID you need to authorize your computer with that Apple ID to play the tracks so they will become eligible for iTunes Match. They will then be uploaded to the cloud, not matched. if you are unable to authorize your computer with the Apple ID then you can burn the protected tracks an Audio CD and rip them back to your iTunes library as unrestricted AAC or MP3 tracks.

I also believe you are confusing two services offered by Apple. iCloud and iTunes Match are not the same service, and iTunes Match does not use your iCloud storage for uploaded and matched tracks. The two services do not require each other. Of course your tracks are "in the cloud," but they are not "in iCloud."

What did Apple care suggest as the solution?

Glad you got it sorted out. I certainly will not be offering you any help in the future.

Michael, Apple may be responsible for the confusion here, once the 3 step process completes for iTunes Match the confirmatory message returned under the Match tab does directly refer to iCloud.

The re-use of the iCloud term by Apple is their overloading of the same term. Apple have clearly not chosen to reserve the term iCloud solely for the service offered under that name.

"Your iTunes library is now available in iCloud" is the exact form used by Apple when presenting the iTunes Match result.

Good to see this, Michael's response was accurate, the overloading of the iCloud term by Apple is not always helpful. Great to know that it has ended well.

I appreciate the apology.

It already has a name, iTunes Cloud, accessed via iTunes which is exactly what I told you, You got so stuck on iCloud that you didn't comprehend.

Clouds

iPhoto (photographs)

iTunes (music and videos)

iCloud (data etc)

I also posted the links to the explanation for "Not Eligible' you failed to read (or maybe comprehend) that songs in a different account don't get matched.

I am amazed at your lack of comprehension but as it's fixed you don't need anymore help here.

Your posts were removed by the hosts (not me as you keep on stating) because they failed to meet the TOU, (incorrect information and offensive)

Have a thoroughly good day.

The terms are interesting iCloud does offer a service associated with music, working from Apple's notes:

"With iCloud, you can have iTunes automatically download new music purchases to all your devices the moment you tap Buy. You can also access past music, movie, and TV show purchases from any of your devices — wirelessly and without syncing.¹ And whenever you play a movie, TV episode, podcast, iTunes U lesson, or audiobook on one device, all your other devices will automatically remember where you left off."

This is clearly discrete from the iTunes Match service, again from Apple's notes:

"With iTunes in the Cloud, the music you buy from the iTunes Store automatically appears on all your devices.¹ And for music you haven’t purchased from iTunes, iTunes Match is the perfect solution. iTunes Match is built right into iTunes on your computer and the Music app on your iOS devices.² It lets you store your entire collection in iCloud, even music you’ve imported from CDs or purchased somewhere other than iTunes. When it’s in iCloud, it’s available on all your devices. So you can enjoy all your music anywhere, anytime — on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV."

The overloading of the term iCloud does seem deliberate by Apple. iCloud appears both to be a general term used by Apple to refer to services using remote storage, as well as a discrete service. Using the former reference in conjunction with iTunes Match makes sense, for the discrete service definition there is potential for confusion.