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Importing CD's
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Yes, but you can also use any vendors CD / DVD drive. I'm using an external LD BlueRay drive with a SATA to USB adapter for mine 
Yes I have imported many songs from my old CD's on Big Sur - starting from beta 2 or 3 - no issues - other than the artwork - I think apple only provides artwork for the Music that is sold on the itunes store
Before they also linked to other music data bases for meta data
Before they also linked to other music data bases for meta data
Most of my music is uploaded from CD's, originally using an Apple internal drive, and now using an external Blu-Ray, DVD, CD drive. Simple.
Getting the artwork is spotty. I'm not sure why. Some is there. Some isn't. Some used to be, and isn't.
One unsolicited suggestion. If storage space isn't a problem, and especially if you are playing to a good sound system, upload uncompressed, or losslessly compressed music. You can put the stuff in smaller formats on your portable devices. Apple lossless has always worked fine for me.
Getting the artwork is spotty. I'm not sure why. Some is there. Some isn't. Some used to be, and isn't.
One unsolicited suggestion. If storage space isn't a problem, and especially if you are playing to a good sound system, upload uncompressed, or losslessly compressed music. You can put the stuff in smaller formats on your portable devices. Apple lossless has always worked fine for me.
Did you try your SuperDrive on another Mac just to be sure it works ? I guess it should work on the newer machines, even with an USBC adapter.
Storage space is just dirt cheap nowadays, too. It just makes sense to future-proof the files you're doing all this work to digitize -- especially if you end up parting with the physical media later on. I generally use ALAC (Apple Lossless) format myself.