When I go to sync this iPod Touch with the Music App does it say, "iPod can not be synced because there is not enough room."

If the free space figure is to be believed, that means that:

• if you Sync without the new Playlist (which you say is only 1.4GB), and that works, there should still be 16.3GB free. Try it in order to make sure*
• if you try to Sync the new Playlist and the message tells you that there isn't enough room, and that an additional 47MB is required, that means that iTunes is now trying to add a total of 16.347GB (let's say 16.4GB, which suggests that your rogue addition is 15GB in size. (That's 16.368GB, let's round it up to 16.4GB, minus the 1.4GB that you think your Playlist is, equals 15GB.) Do you have anything (such as a Playlist) that is approximately 15GB in size?

I think I've got the arithmetic correct. As for your observations about iTunes' replacement, once again, Apple's idea of intuitive seems at odds with reality. I think they've lost the plot.

* Make sure you know whether this works. (I assume that you have figured this out, but just to make sure). I have of course, not taken into account the setting you turned on to convert any higher Bit Rate songs to 128Kbps. If you're really desperate, you could try turning that off and making a note of what difference (if any) it makes. It might provide a clue.

If that's what the message says, that's what the message means, although hopefully, the message should tell you more than just that.

The solution is to work out what is trying to get onto your iPod that you haven't thought about - or to make sure that the amount of free space is really what you think.

Does the message give you any additional information, such as how much extra room is required? That may give you a clue about what is trying to be added to your iPod.

How did you arrive at the figure of 16.3GB of space on your iPod? (I assume, by your use of the phrase Music App, that you're using Mac OS Catalina, rather than iTunes, is that correct?) Is it a similar method to the iTunes one, which is a capacity bar at the bottom of the window? If so, does that capacity bar indicate the amount of space taken up by Other in addition to the amount of free space? Other is largely unusable files, that the iPod can no longer read.

At least you have it sorted now.

Hello,

If you were to add up the file sizes of every song in the playlist you are trying to synchronize, is it’s collective size greater than or equal to 16 GB?