Two devices on one account! Help!!!

I have two devices on one (my) itunes account. I have my itouch and my sister's ipad. What I didn't realize at the time was that everytime I synced my itouch to my itunes, everything she bought would be transfered onto mine (which I didn't want) Now I want to get a seperate itunes account for my sister, but she wants everything to still be on her ipad (the stuff she bought on my itunes) I have no clue how to go about doing this. If it helps, I got a new itouch that i am waiting to sync on my itunes for the first time. Should I just get a new account for myself since I have a new itouch? Please help! Any information would be great

It will difficult to separate into two iTunes accounts. One of you will likely loose apps. What you could do to continue to use one account is launch iTunes and connect your device(s) to your Mac. Select your device from the left sidebar and navigate to the apps tab at the top of the window that opens. At the bottom of the list of apps you will see a checkbox labeled 'Automatically Sync New Apps' uncheck the checkbox. Sync or Apply the changes and then repeat this with your sister's device(s). iTunes will now only sync apps you download on your devices and same for hers unless you manually check one or more of the apps that the other party downloads using this same iTunes window. Just an idea to throw out there. I can walk you through the music and other sections if those are involved just let me know.

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My friends,
I really don't know what forum to post this question: in iPhone, iPod Touch or iTunes.
Well, the problem is simple. I have one Apple Apps account, one iPhone, mine, and an iPod Touch given away to my cousin. Both share the same iTunes library and I've synced in his iPod some of the apps I've bought. The problem is that I don't want my cousin to access less buy Apple apps by himself. I've made him clear that he shouldn't try to access, but he is a rebel boy and insists on accessing and therefore he blocks my account every time he tries guessing my password. How can I remove his iPod Touch authorization to access my account?????
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