A method for use in a computing device having a storage arranged in accordance with a local file system to seamlessly access information for files of a cloud storage system (CSS), the storage being separate from the CSS. The method comprises: receiving, by the computing device, metadata for at least one directory of the CSS; creating in the local file system, based on the received metadata for the at least one directory, a directory structure consisting of at least one directory, the directory structure being in correspondence with the structure of the at least one directory of the CSS for which the metadata was received; and upon receiving a request for a listing of a directory in the CSS, providing the directory listing directly, based on the directory structure of the local file system, for directories of the CSS for which, and to the extent, that metadata was received.