HELP - 2 iphones, 1 IPAD with one Itunes account & same PC

Hello, wondering if someone was able to assist. I have looked through the discussion and even though I can see many people have asked the same I am still stuggling to work this out.....
OK, so me and my boyfriend are using the same ITUNES account on the same laptop. He has an IPAD and Phone me just a phone. we are happy to share the same music but we now have each others contacts... can someone advise how we can keep our personal details seperate.
we also back up to our laptop becuase we found as we only have the one Itunes ID we can not have seperate ICLOUD back ups - is this correct?
can someone please help - step by step or in laymans terms would be veery greatful
thank you

Create differnt computer login for your bf. You caneach use the same iTunes library but sync different data (including different contacts, calendar, music, movies, etc.)
Move the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder to Users/Public/Music/
Hold Shift, launch iTunes, select Choose library... and select /Users/Public/Music/iTunes/ folder.
Now quit iTunes.
Create a new computer login for your bf and log into this user.
Add his calendars, contacts, etc. to this login.
This will keep all your contacts, calendars and other data separate.
Now hold Shift, launch iTunes, select Choose library... and select /Users/Public/Music/iTunes/ folder.
Select the iPhone/iPad and click the tabs across top to select what to sync to his devices.

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