Sync musc on 1 ipod library and contacts on another computer

Hi,
This one is confusing. Up until today myself and my kids all had ipods and all use one itunes library (mine) for songs etc. This way we all share music. Today I purchased my son a new macbook pro. It is his first computer. I would like him to be able to connect his ipod so he can sync his calender as well as contacts. I also want him to be able to use the home sharing so he can listen to music from my computer but I still want to maintain the music on my machine. How can I do this? I do not need to transfer all the music to his computer.

First, turn off automatic syncing when iphone is connected.
I would assume that you could tell one computer to not sync music at all and only sync the info you want, the tell the other computer not to sync calendars and contacts, but to sync music.
With the iphone connected go to the information tabs in itunes and select the info that you want synced. Do this for each computer.
It may also help to do a forum search as this has been asked and answered before, there is probably more info.

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