on wake desktop is grayed over

Hi Steve Elijah,

I'm not sure how long your MacBook Pro is asleep before you wake it up but even with standby mode this article says, "The computer returns to full operation within a few seconds."

About standby on your Mac - Apple Support

So it seems like something else is going on to have the desktop grayed out for almost a minute.

Please check the Startup Disk preference as it talks about later.

If exiting standby or waking is slow

Your Mac might seem to be taking longer then usual to start up or seem slow to wake from sleep or standby. If this is the case, make sure the startup disk is set correctly in the Startup Disk preferences.

1. Choose System Preferences from the Apple () menu.
2. Choose Startup Disk from the View menu.
3. Make sure your internal drive is selected.

Take care.