IPhone syncing to two Macs at the same time

Hi there, iI'd be really grateful if others have found a solution to this... Basically, I just transferred all my photos and music over to a new Mac Mini because by MacBook was getting a bit full. I've also connected my iPhone 5s to the new Mini and got it to sync. Having done all that, I started deleting photos and music from my old MacBook to free up space. However when I went to delete songs from the old Macbook iTunes library I was warned that these would delete them from my phone too I synced. 'Fine' I thought, I won't sync them again. However, I just connected my phone by lightning cable to the Mac Mini and asked it to sync and the MacBook (which is sat on, behind me) started syncing (I assume by wifi).
What are my options here please? Do I, for ever more, have to keep the MacBook off when I sync my phone to the Mini? Or can I decouple the phone and MacBook (whilst keeping the MacBook attached to my Apple ID?
Thanks in advance for any advice, I've scoured the forums and can't find others with this issue!

I don't run the newest iTunes, nor do I have any devices I can sync, so I cannot check things for you.  There's a bunch of settings in the sync window and possibly also in iTunes preferences regarding syncing.  I'm sure a bunch of them relate to keeping devices in sync through iCloud and probably wireless syncing.  Look at them and figure out which ones you need to disable in your scenario.
It's going to be a nightmare keeping your things in sync and knowing which files are on what and whether or not to sync.  I don't envy you.

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