One laptop 2 phones?

Hi
Both myself and my partner have i phones and I previously used my work computer to update mine. However I am now on maternity leave and we have just got the iphone 4, hence need to update both with one computer. We have managed to authorise both phones on the computer, but only my apps and music remain in the library?
Can anyone help with how to run two users on one laptop?
Thanks

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