Problems with multiple iTunes accounts/computers

Hey everyone, I have a bit of a problem with iTunes. The whole setup is a bit convoluted, here's the layout. My brother and I both have iPhones. He uses my account to buy things, but has a separate library. Recently, my computer crashed, so I took his old one and he bought a new one. I now have his old computer, with his iTunes library, and he has a new one. I just want to sync my phone to the computer and be able to manage my iTunes through this computer, so I created a separate user on this computer. When I load iTunes under this user, the library is empty, save 3 songs that I believe automatically come with iTunes. When I connect my phone, it lets me back it up, but I can't do anything else. I can play music, but not edit or download. I have no clue what to do with all this, it would really just be easiest to uninstall iTunes I feel but I don't know if he would lose his music or anything. Thanks for any help!

JakeSheptin wrote:
Hey everyone, I have a bit of a problem with iTunes. The whole setup is a bit convoluted, here's the layout. My brother and I both have iPhones. He uses my account to buy things...
Jake,
I did not read past that point.  Unless you have one account per person, you are going to have a mess.

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