Sync iPhone with 2 different Macs?

How can I effectively sync the contacts and calendars with Mac Book Pro and my Mac Pro desktop with my iPhone and still keep the iTunes content from my desktop? Every time I attempt to sync with Mac Book Pro it wants to replace the iTunes content.

Syncing music, video, photos and podcasts can only sync from one computer.
If you try to sync these items with a second computer, you get the message about erasing the content on your iphone.
However, syncing contacts and calendars can be from multiple computers.
If you decide to sync contacts and calendars with a second computer, make sure contacts and or calendars are the only things checked. If any music, video, photos or podcasts are checked, you will get the erase error message.
When you sync contacts and/or calendars with another computer itunes will try to merge the data.
So, if you do this often, you end up with the same data on each computer.
Hope this helps.

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