How do I retro-fit my old LaCie CDRW burner?

I have connected my old LaCie CDRW burner (c. 2000??) with a Firewire/Thunderbolt converter but the device is not recognised in my System profile. I have looked for drivers on the LaCie site but cannot find the correct version. I would like to restore CD burning ability to my new Mac with an external optical drive.

The drive is spinning OK. Apparently, it cannot be connected via a Thunderbolt port. I spoke to Apple Support and their recommendation is that I splash out on a new Apple SuperDrive.This is disappointing as the LaCie drive was pretty robust. I have since checked my records and found that I bought it in 2005 and that it was the FA Porsche CDRW 52x32x52 model. It is a shame that Apple is so hostile to making its new kit backwardly compatible - particularly as they quietly dropped the optical drive from the latest iMac. Rip-Mix-Burn RIP.

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I get the basic idea of Vaults (I think), but haven't found much info about long term storage of projects. I'm fulltime freelance, but not super busy, and I can easily generate 100,000 images each year. I don't have the cash to be keeping all of these images in Aperture projects on external hard drives for eternity, and I'd be surprised if anyone else does. Good thing I'm not a medium format digital shooter producing 50GB each day huh?
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So at present I'm storing every image I take in finished projects on DVD trusting that in the future I'll be looking for a shot of someone I may have shot 5, 10, 15 years ago.
I caught part of a discussion that talked about keeping the preview files for all the images (and subsequent versions) for each project. I'd love to be able to keep lo-res previews/copies of everything I've shot to date, and have them immediately accessible on my hard drive, while my full size projects are safely stored on DVD, taking up space on a bookshelf rather than on my hard drive. Loading 10 DVD's worth of projects to see what's inside them is a headache I'd like to avoid if possible, in favour of instantly checking out lo-res previews to look a shot up.
Is there an easy way to burn a completed project to DVD, but keep only the (lo res, lo size) previews on my hard drive?
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hello, kiwi
quote: "Is there an easy way to burn a completed project to DVD, but keep only the (lo res, lo size) previews on my hard drive?"
yes.
maybe,...
1. you might think of making DVD backups first prior to importing the photos into Aperture. "Store Files: In their current location" once in Aperture make low rez Previews, and export finished Project.
or,
2. bring in the photographs to hard drive first prior to importing the photos into Aperture. "Store Files: In their current location" once in Aperture make low rez Previews, and export finished Project.
the low rez Previews will stay in Aperture but the high quality Versions will be exported onto DVDs and gone from the hard drive (if you delete the originals).
another way would be to export small about 50-70 pixel wide high quality jpegs to a folder on your Desktop and import & keep these in Aperture Library as a reference. make metadata to show where the original Project DVDs are stored and DVD filing system used.
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