Split syncing to 2 Macs (1st for music + photos, 2nd for contacts)?

I have a dilemma: I keep my music and photos organized on one Mac (at home) and my contacts organized on another (at work). I realize I could move all my photos and music to my work Mac, but that will be a pain in the butt long-term, so, is there anyway to sync music and photos to one Mac and contacts to another?

Yes. I do the same thing, but cross platforms. I keep contacts and calendar on the office PC and iTunes on my MacPro. I have iTunes checked to sync only contacts and calendar on the PC and everything checked to sync on the MacPro. It syncs everything very well. I did have to change recurring contacts to set an expiration date, otherwise, when I synced the Outlook calendar to iCal, it would delete all the recurring events. Once I set an expiration (30 years in the future), it all synced up nicely.

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Make sure your new computer is authorized in iTunes. Disable autosync in itunes, connect your iphone, right click on it in the device list and choose backup.
This will save data, pictures and settings to itunes. See what's included in this backup here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
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Set up at least one contact and event on your computer to be able the merge your calendars and contacts after your device got wiped during the first sync.
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Restoring: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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Apps can be downloaded again for free, in the US music as well. Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
There is 3rd party software out there, but not supported by Apple, see this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2013615&tstart=0
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Is it possible to sync my one iPhone to both Macs, with the work one just syncing things like my contacts, emails, calendars and apps while the other Mac would sync just the podcasts and music to the iPhone.
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iTunes: How to share music and video - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2688 - about Music Sharing and Home Sharing
Home Sharing Support page - http://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/
iOS: Setting up Home Sharing on your device - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4557 - "With Home Sharing in iOS 4.3 or later, you can stream your entire iTunes library over your home Wi-Fi network from your Mac or PC right to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch."
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How to sync iPhone music from 2nd Mac? (don't read this if you own 1 Mac)

If you don't own two Macs, please don't try answering this post with guesses. I need to find someone with real world experience to solve this problem:
My contacts and Calendar are on my laptop. My music and videos are on a Mac Pro. I have disabled automatic sync on both Macs. I have unchecked music and video on the laptop and unchecked the contacts and calendar on the Mac Pro, yet everytime I sync to the laptop, it deletes my entire music library without warning. With video, it gives me a warning when I uncheck but no choice other than to delete video or use what's on the laptop.
There seems to be no way to keep the music and video that I sync-loaded from the Mac Pro.
Interestingly, when I do sync to the Mac Pro, it leaves the contacts and calendars from the laptop alone.
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Please don't guess at solutions here. I want to get an answer from someone who has actually succeeded in doing this.
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I absolutely am not trying to combine two iTunes library! I thought this was clear so allow me to clarify in no uncertain terms.
Mac Pro contain all my music and video media.
Laptop contains all my contacts and calendar.
Both iTunes have the automatic sync disabled.
The Mac Pro boxes for music and video are checked and none other.
The laptop boxes for contacts and calendar are checked and none other.
In another post, "Qsilver" says it will work, but my experience (and other folks experience) is that when I go to the laptop, all media files are dropped even though the media is unchecked on that machine.
Apparently the jury is still out on whether this can be done or not, so I'm leaving this post open for further discussion.

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