Two apple accounts on one computer sharing the library

My boyfriend and I currently share one apple id account. So we have one itunes library. However we constantly run into issues with syncing his phone. For example- last night he ended up with ALL of my phone contacts on his phone in addition to his own. and in the past it has tried to give him ALL of my apps even though they were not checked off and i have the controls set to "manually manage" Would creating a second apple id on my computer for him help this issue? if so- is there a way to duplicate all of the music on the existing account into his new account?

The same thing happened to me when I lent a friend my laptop.  When she finally added her itunes account, it only downloaded her apps.  She makes sure that when she is done with itunes, she logs off so she doesn't get my apps.
Hope it helps.

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