Sync 2 Iphone and 1 ipod on itunes

I curently own 2 iphones and 1 Ipod;
My question is:
how can i sync each individual unit without loosing the content every time using the itunes software?
i know on Windows, you  hold down shift key as itunes loads up and you can choose from different libraries but how can i do it using Mac OX 10.5.4?
Thanks.

Holding the Option key lets you start iTunes with a different library. Do you really need to do this to sync different devices? I know I have 2 iPods and I can sync each one and iTunes knows that each device is different. Event the image that comes up in iTunes looks different (one is a blue mini, the other the old white one). Now, I don't have an iPhone yet, so I don't know if that works like an iPod. Maybe with an iPhone you need a different library to sync it.

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