What do the various iTunes Match icons in iTunes mean?

Enabling iTunes Match adds a new default column to song lists in iTunes that displays several new icons:

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What do each of these icons (as well as no icon at all) mean?


Solution 1:

Apple's iTunes Match: Understanding the iCloud Status icons KB article explains.

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So, your icons in order are:

  1. Available for download
  2. Waiting
  3. Error
  4. Duplicate
  5. Ineligible

If you're having problems, take a look at the Troubleshooting iTunes Match article.