File type preferences?

What the **** happened to the importing preferences for file type?
AIFF, MP3, bit rate, etc? In 8.1.1 those choices appear to be gone from preferences and everywhere else. Apple dumbing down the program or what? Maybe toast time.

Take a deep breath and lose the profanity.
The preferences are all still there. Preferences>General. There's a button about 3/4 of the way down on the right labeled "Import Settings...."
All better now?

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Hey,
I apologize station_two but when you say "look for a specific application" what would the extension be? The only thing I seem to see are .exe files and they don't seem to work…
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