Some of my songs are greyed out and won't play on my mini retina, all help gratefully received.

Hello lazlo53,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

With iTunes Match, if a song is appearing grayed out, it means that the device you're using is not authorized or associated with the Apple ID that was used to purchase the song.

Songs containing DRM (Digital Rights Management) may not appear, or may appear grayed out in iCloud. This can occur if your computer is not authorized for playback of that content. Try authorizing your computer, then manually update iTunes Match.

iTunes Store: Troubleshooting iTunes Match

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4054

Since this is occurring on an iPad mini, you will need to associate your device with that other Apple ID:

iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627

Take care,

Alex H.

Hi,

I Suggest that you establish the Icloud status of the tracks in your computers itunes library. In song view, you can add the iCloud status column. This will tell you if the tracks have been matched, purchased, uploaded, duplicate, inelligible or waiting. If the status is waiting, the tracks will not be available on your ipad and are showed as greyed out.

Has the iTunes Match completed its scan of your computers itunes library? Are there any tracks with status shown as "waiting". If so, you may need to delete those tracks, let match process complete then try adding those tracks again.

Jim