based off of a similar solution by Charlie_Veniot, I have solved one of the long-standing friction points with adding images to my digital garden in TiddlyWiki. 

This image importer will accept drag/drop links of image files (via the filesystem viewed in a webbrowser i.e. file:///Users/myPath/…) plus being able to quickly designate them into specific system directories via checkbox, or just supply the custom path directly.

future-proof + local-first 🌱 digital gardens ◼️ music composition across eons▪️the teaching machine ◼️ https://gavart.ist

more explanation of the ideas/thinking behind this module

more explanation of the ideas/thinking behind this module
https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/t/adding-images-using-canonical-uri/6664/17

view it in action here
https://gavart.ist/#External%20Image%20Importer