I am not sure if anybody already tried this, but I figured out a manual way of doing this.
This is ideal for people who don't want to use your play count's etc by just replacing the file.
I noticed that the length of the song is one of the major deciding factors on whether it will match or not. So this is what i did
1) Locate a track you want to replace and find a suitable replacement that has good quality and matches the length by whatever means suits you.
2) in Itunes delete the file in Finder and not within iTunes so you get the little exclamation mark
3) Use another computer now that does not have all of your library downloaded but yet shows your entire library. Find the song and delete it from iCloud
4) Go back to your main computer and now it should show "Removed" as the iCloud status. However all your metadata and play data should be there.
5) Take the newly downloaded/ripped song and copy it to its original location
6) Try to play the song, it will ask you to locate the song. Choose the file you just copied.
7) Try to right click the song now and lick add to iCloud. It should match now
I can guarantee this works, it is also time consuming and requires two computers. but if you have only a few songs it might work
This is ideal for people who don't want to use your play count's etc by just replacing the file.
I noticed that the length of the song is one of the major deciding factors on whether it will match or not. So this is what i did
1) Locate a track you want to replace and find a suitable replacement that has good quality and matches the length by whatever means suits you.
2) in Itunes delete the file in Finder and not within iTunes so you get the little exclamation mark
3) Use another computer now that does not have all of your library downloaded but yet shows your entire library. Find the song and delete it from iCloud
4) Go back to your main computer and now it should show "Removed" as the iCloud status. However all your metadata and play data should be there.
5) Take the newly downloaded/ripped song and copy it to its original location
6) Try to play the song, it will ask you to locate the song. Choose the file you just copied.
7) Try to right click the song now and lick add to iCloud. It should match now
I can guarantee this works, it is also time consuming and requires two computers. but if you have only a few songs it might work