Apple USB SuperDrive is not showing up in Finder

Wha do you mean by “no useful ports”? On my SuperDrive I use a USB-A to UBS-C adapter to plug it directly onto my M1 Studio Max. Your MacBook Air surely has USB-C and Thunderbolt ports. My SuperDrive functions normally and I can rip a CD directly into Apple Music. You should be able to plug your SuperDrive directly into your MacBook Air and transfer music

Apple USB Adapter

jnnklg wrote:

Apple USB SuperDrive is not showing up in Finder like it usually does. It does however show up in the System Report. I put a CD into the drive before I realized this. Now I have no way of ejecting the CD or transferring the music to my library. Can anyone help with both issues? I have restarted my laptop. I have typed "dsrutil eject" into the Terminal app. Nothing works so far. This is on a MacBook Pro early 2015, Sierra 10.12.6. I use this older laptop to transfer music onto, then share to my newer MacBook Air which has no useful ports or CD/DVD drive. :/

USB SuperDrive should appear in Disk Utility.