ITunes is driving me INSANE :-(

Ok, so I love my Mac and I pretty much love my iPhone too (aside from a few things here and there). BUT, I hate iTunes and I hate trying to figure out how to sync my iPhone with iTunes etc...
The problem I have is as follows, and any advice would be great:
I have new albums in my iTunes that I want to add to my phone
I have old albums in my iPhone that I want to delete
Applecare told me to delete the songs manually from my phone - completed
Applecare told me to then select only the albums I want to add to my phone in the iTunes, iPhone, Music tab
However, whenever I do this and ask it to sync it tells me that I need another 17gb of space. It's only two albums!
Hope that's enough information.
Thanks, W.

You are likely also trying to sync other items, though perhaps un-intentionally. Review in iTunes all the different tabs (Music, Movies, Podcasts, etc) when your iPhone is connected to your computer.
As to the other issue, look into creating a Smart Playlist that will automatically replace played tracks with unplayed ones.

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