diff --git a/doc/WhatsNew.rst b/doc/WhatsNew.rst
index 1757f18e0..ee9c33538 100644
--- a/doc/WhatsNew.rst
+++ b/doc/WhatsNew.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 What's New
 ++++++++++
 
+Ver 5.3.0 (unreleased)
+======================
+- Fixed an issue with editing objects in the Pick plugin
+- Fixed an issue where image metadata not always loaded correctly with
+  Pillow for RGB images
+- Added support for Apple HEIF (.HEIC) RGB images if pillow-heif is installed
+
 Ver 5.2.0 (2024-10-21)
 ======================
 - Substituted puremagic package for python-magic (works better across
diff --git a/ginga/canvas/CanvasObject.py b/ginga/canvas/CanvasObject.py
index ac931597a..da3e3ff27 100644
--- a/ginga/canvas/CanvasObject.py
+++ b/ginga/canvas/CanvasObject.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwdargs):
         if not hasattr(self, 'kind'):
             self.kind = None
         # For debugging
-        self.name = None
+        self.name = kwdargs.get('name', None)
         self.viewer = None
 
         # For callbacks
diff --git a/ginga/rv/plugins/Pick.py b/ginga/rv/plugins/Pick.py
index 232639303..84a487588 100644
--- a/ginga/rv/plugins/Pick.py
+++ b/ginga/rv/plugins/Pick.py
@@ -1701,9 +1701,9 @@ def create_pick_box(self, obj):
 
         obj.color = self.pickcolor
         args = [obj,
-                self.dc.Point(x, y, 10, color='red'),
+                self.dc.Point(x, y, 10, color='red', editable=False),
                 self.dc.Text(x1, y2, '{0}: calc'.format(self._textlabel),
-                             color=self.pickcolor)
+                             color=self.pickcolor, editable=False)
                 ]
 
         self.pick_obj = self.dc.CompoundObject(*args)
diff --git a/ginga/util/io/io_rgb.py b/ginga/util/io/io_rgb.py
index 6f1735e52..97cf1a0b8 100644
--- a/ginga/util/io/io_rgb.py
+++ b/ginga/util/io/io_rgb.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from ginga.misc import Bunch
 from ginga import trcalc
 
+# optional imports
 try:
     # do we have opencv available?
     import cv2
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@
 except ImportError:
     have_exif = False
 
+try:
+    # for opening HEIC (Apple image) files)
+    from pillow_heif import register_heif_opener
+    register_heif_opener()
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 # For testing...
 #have_exif = False
 #have_opencv = False
@@ -442,7 +449,8 @@ class PillowFileHandler(BaseRGBFileHandler):
                  'image/bmp',
                  'image/x-tga',
                  'image/x-icns',
-                 'image/vnd.microsoft.icon']
+                 'image/vnd.microsoft.icon',
+                 'image/heif']
 
     @classmethod
     def check_availability(cls):
@@ -559,15 +567,15 @@ def load_idx(self, idx, **kwargs):
         return data_obj
 
     def _get_header(self, image_pil, kwds):
-        if hasattr(image_pil, '_getexif'):
-            info = image_pil._getexif()
+        if hasattr(image_pil, 'getexif'):
+            info = image_pil.getexif()
             if info is not None:
                 for tag, value in info.items():
                     kwd = TAGS.get(tag, tag)
                     kwds[kwd] = value
 
         else:
-            self.logger.warning("can't get EXIF data; no _getexif() method")
+            self.logger.warning("can't get EXIF data; no getexif() method")
 
         # is there an embedded color profile?
         if 'icc_profile' in image_pil.info:
@@ -585,8 +593,8 @@ def _process_image(self, image_pil, metadata=None):
             if kwds is None:
                 kwds = Header()
                 metadata['header'] = kwds
-            else:
-                kwds = Header()
+        else:
+            kwds = Header()
 
         try:
             self._get_header(image_pil, kwds)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 23718f41e..ad7afe79e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ recommended =
     matplotlib>=3.8
     opencv-python-headless>=4.5.4
     exifread>=2.3.2
+    pillow-heif>=0.21.0
     astroquery>=0.3.5
     python-dateutil>=2.8.2
     photutils