Syncing iphone to iTunes on two different computers...

Hello everyone.
So I have been wrestling with these trying to find a solution for my issue.
I think this is a two part question.
I have iPhone that I use for both home and work. I have some music, apps and such on it. Basically, when at work, I plug it in to let it charge and do the same at home.
Now, the problem is, I cannot sync my iphone correctly. Seems like my home is different from work and I always end up having to reinstall my apps, download pics and music.
Is there a way to get around this, so I can plug in my iPhone into either iTunes location and it will be the same? I cant seem to figure it out.
The other thing I was hoping to get answered is, I subscribe to a lot of podcasts through iTunes. I usually do this at work on my Mac there. Is there anyway to get the podcasts that I subscribe to at work, to show up on my Mac at home?
Appreciate the help.
Jas

I'm pretty certain you can't have your podcasts show up on your iTunes from a different library but there are some third-party softwares that will allow to you transfer music etc. back to your mac.
I'm not too familiar with the iPhone but there are a few similarities with the iPod.
Unless you 'manually manage' your iPhone then you can put music (and am assuming applications) on it from different libraries. You should be able to listen to your music from other sources when your iPhone is connected.
If at any point you revert to automatically syncing you iPhone it will only sync the contents of the library you've synced it to.

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